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Author Archives: David Hume
Polls of 2012 Republican contenders
Released by Pew. Small sample sizes, and probably irrelevant anyhow….
Role of genes in personality
Inductivist has a post up on the public perception of the role genes play in personality via the “GENEEXPS” variable. Though he saw a trend for Republicans to lean slightly toward more of a role for genes, I was struck … Continue reading
Attitudes toward assisted suicide
Previous post prompted me to look to the General Social Survey in regards to attitudes to assisted suicide broken down by demographic variables. The variable I used was DOCSUI, which asks: How much do you agree of disagree with the … Continue reading
Slouching toward death (with a push)
Montana Court to Rule on Assisted Suicide Case: Robert Baxter was by all accounts a tough man. Even in the end, last year, as lymphocytic leukemia was killing him, Mr. Baxter, a 76-year-old retired truck driver from Billings, Mont., fought … Continue reading
From Christendom to the West
Rod Dreher has an interesting post, Is religion necessary to Western civilization? There are many specific points where I agree, and disagree, naturally. Some reactions:
We are all special (some more so)
Andrew’s post got me to thinking about inter-individual differences. I’ve had many religious friends who claim that if they didn’t believe in God they would happily rape & murder. Though frankly I have a tendency to keep my distance when … Continue reading
An atheist who favors Intelligent Design?
Over the past few days I’ve followed a slight controversy involving Intelligent Design proponent Michael Behe & John McWhorter (you can see the posts at ScienceBlogs, Michael Behe speaks on bloggingheads.tv affair, John McWhorter & Michael Behe bloggingheads.tv, 2 and … Continue reading
Seniors hate government health insurance
H. L. Mencken is laughing somewhere. See data here.
Politics & regionalism
The chart is pretty self-explanatory, but context & methods here. I have two related posts over at ScienceBlogs.
Attitudes toward government spending on healthcare
The General Social Survey had a question of the form: Listed below are various areas of government spending. Please indicate whether you would like to see more or less government spending in each area. Remember that if you say “much … Continue reading