Dr Lin Fraser » Lins Bits http://linfraser.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:54:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Moral Naturalists http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-moral-naturalists/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-moral-naturalists/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:47:42 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=171 By DAVID BROOKS Published: July 22, 2010 NYT

Scientific research is showing that we are born with an innate moral sense.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-moral-naturalists/feed/ 0 Easing the suffering of the world http://linfraser.com/2010/07/easing-the-suffering-of-the-world/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/easing-the-suffering-of-the-world/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:37:08 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=162

Vancouver psychologist trains therapists in some of the globe’s most troubled places

BY DARAH HANSEN, VANCOUVER SUN JULY 17, 2010 4:06 AM

http://www.vancouversun.com/Easing+suffering+world/3290760/story.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/easing-the-suffering-of-the-world/feed/ 0 Accepting That Good Parents May Plant Bad Seeds http://linfraser.com/2010/07/accepting-that-good-parents-may-plant-bad-seeds/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/accepting-that-good-parents-may-plant-bad-seeds/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:11:50 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=160 By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D.

Published: July 12, 2010  NYT

We marvel at the resilient child who survives the most toxic parents, yet the converse — the notion that some children might be the bad seeds of more or less decent parents — is hard to take.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/13mind.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/accepting-that-good-parents-may-plant-bad-seeds/feed/ 0 The Medium Is the Medium http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-medium-is-the-medium/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-medium-is-the-medium/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:48:02 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=150 By DAVID BROOKS Published: July 8, 2010  NYT

The Internet culture has yet to incorporate the literary culture of traditional bookish learning.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/opinion/09brooks.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-medium-is-the-medium/feed/ 0 Female hormones, prenatal care and ethics http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-anti-lesbian-drug/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-anti-lesbian-drug/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:34:22 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=140 Newsweek  July 2, 2010

The controversy over using female hormones as part of prenatal care isn’t quite as shocking as the headlines suggest, but it does raise important questions about ethics, gender, and sexuality.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/02/the-anti-lesbian-drug.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-anti-lesbian-drug/feed/ 0 Discovering a Soft Spot for Circuitry http://linfraser.com/2010/07/discovering-a-soft-spot-for-circuitry/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/discovering-a-soft-spot-for-circuitry/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:34:51 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=138 By AMY HARMON Published: July 4, 2010  NYT

After years of effort to coax empathy from smart machines, robots and devices designed to soothe, support and keep us company are venturing out of the laboratory.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/science/05robot.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/discovering-a-soft-spot-for-circuitry/feed/ 0 Why Is It So Hard to Apologize Well? http://linfraser.com/2010/07/why-is-it-so-hard-to-apologize-well/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/why-is-it-so-hard-to-apologize-well/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:31:11 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=134 By LISA BELKIN   Published: June 28, 2010 NYT Magazine

These days, saying “sorry” often sounds like a parody.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/magazine/04fob-wwln-t.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/why-is-it-so-hard-to-apologize-well/feed/ 0 Unprecedented Role Reversal http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-end-of-men/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-end-of-men/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:35:22 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=131 lier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way— and its vast cultural consequences

BY HANNA ROSIN The Atlantic July 2,2010

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135/1/

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/the-end-of-men/feed/ 0 Equal Rights for Women? Survey Says: Yes, But … http://linfraser.com/2010/07/equal-rights-for-women-survey-says-yes-but/ http://linfraser.com/2010/07/equal-rights-for-women-survey-says-yes-but/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:39:11 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=129 By VICTORIA SHANNON  Published: June 30, 2010 NYT
People around the world say they firmly support equal rights, but many still believe men should get preference.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/world/01iht-poll.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/07/equal-rights-for-women-survey-says-yes-but/feed/ 0 Well: Phys Ed: What Exercise Science Doesn’t Know About Women http://linfraser.com/2010/06/well-phys-ed-what-exercise-science-doesn%e2%80%99t-know-about-women/ http://linfraser.com/2010/06/well-phys-ed-what-exercise-science-doesn%e2%80%99t-know-about-women/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:43:40 +0000 drlinsf http://linfraser.com/?p=127 By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Published: June 30, 2010 NYT

When sports scientists recreate classic men-only experiments with women, the results are often quite different.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/phys-ed-what-exercise-science-doesnt-know-about-women/

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