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Does Self Determination theory support bribe (extrinsic) theory of religion?

In philosophy the bribe theory advocates religion because it makes you healthier, live longer etc. The "intrinsic motivation" is something like I put forth that religion is about expressing...

11 December 2015 8,448 0 View

Is spirituality a fifth dimension of personality? Is it a 17th psychological need (basic desire) ?

In my new book "16 strivings for god: new psychology of religious experiences," I support William James's analysis that different personalities need different gods. I disagree with some well...

08 September 2015 7,972 3 View

Has anyone proposed a comprehensive psychological theory of religion that is scientifically verifiable?

Not counting brain spot theories etc., just psychological, cognitive, or behavior theories.

31 December 2014 4,041 4 View

Four researchers say that social psychology’s left wing embrace has resulted in scientific error. Is intrinsic-extrinsic motivation mostly politics?

For decades psychologists have debated the validity of undermining. For a critique of this issue, see my treatise "myths of intrinsic motivation" and Robert Eisenberger's meta-review.

31 December 2014 2,863 5 View

Whatever happened to social learning theory?

Whole areas of psychology -- hull-spence theory, animal learning, social learning, client centered therapy, etc. -- seem to have disappeared without some new finding disproving them. What follows...

31 December 2014 10,007 1 View

Anyone interested in the psychology of religion?

I am finishing a book on what motivates religious beliefs and practices. The book expands on an article I published in Zygon, which is a science/theology journal. I just joined research gate and...

11 December 2014 2,204 7 View

Feedback defines the constitution of an organism?

“Here is a thought experiment. Let's place Rodolpho Llinas's jarred-brain on top of a body (Fig. 1). I bet Llinas would argue that his jarred-brain retains its own consciousness, and the android...

11 August 2024 2,483 1 View

Do interactions between biosphere, carbon cycle, & water cycle impact global warming & interaction between atmosphere & hydrosphere?

How do interactions between the biosphere, the carbon cycle, and the water cycle impact global warming and interaction between the atmosphere and the hydrosphere?

09 August 2024 3,291 2 View

Self-Organizing Superorganisms—as envisaged by Nenad Sestan (2018)?

The rate of glucose consumption by the neocortex is reduced by over 80% during anesthesia (Sibson et al. 1998), which disables the synapses (Richards 2002) that are inundated by glial tissue (Engl...

08 August 2024 3,118 0 View

The Bigger You Are, the Harder You Fall (some lessons from Dinosaurs)?

Evolutionary fitness is based on an organism’s ability to adapt rapidly to changing environmental circumstances. Large-bodied mammals have been equipped with large brains (and hence a high...

06 August 2024 4,849 2 View

Measuring the Intelligence of a Species?

Larger brains, which typically contain more neurons, store and transfer more information (Tehovnik and Chen 2015), but the precise relationship between number of neurons and information has yet to...

05 August 2024 1,238 2 View

How can i do multivariate Time Series forecast using MLP, ANFIS and LSTM?

I need the python code to forecast what crop production will be in the next decade considering climate and crop production variables as seen in the attached.csv file.

05 August 2024 2,977 3 View

The Curse of Evolution and Complexity?

Brain and body mass together are positively correlated with lifespan (Hofman 1993). The duration of neural development is one of the best predictors of brain size, and conception is the best...

05 August 2024 6,247 3 View

Need help with my research project on open source SIEM and machine learning?

Hello everyone, I am currently working on a research project that aims to integrate machine learning techniques into an open source SIEM tool to automate the creation of security use cases from...

04 August 2024 3,196 2 View

Swimming/space travel depends on the proprioceptive muscle spindles?

When the entire neocortex is ablated in rodents, although they are still able to swim, all the limbs move continuously and asynchronously (Vanderwolf 2006; Vanderwolf et al. 1978). Normal animals...

03 August 2024 835 3 View

What are the limitations and challenges of using machine learning for predicting concrete compressive strength in practical applications?

Machine learning (ML) has shown great potential in predicting the compressive strength of concrete, an important property for structural engineering. However, its practical application comes with...

03 August 2024 2,546 2 View

Mark E Gould

Can you explain what you mean by left wing ideology?

Steven Reiss

Surveys show very high percentages of SDT/ social psychologists are political liberals. They say so themselves. They have maintained an ideological war against the profit motive that is one error in reasoning after another (see my myths of intrinsic motivation), eg, Pink was al shore's speech writer and says bonuses control behavior more than base salary. Ridiculous. A a scientist, I classify motives, follow logic, control for variables etc., whereas the other guys pump out the political ideas saying it is science. They confuse trivial distraction for control by rewards and then attack critics personally.