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Dan's blog: Sceptical about Scepticism

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Friday, 7 November 2014. What is a sceptic? No, seriously. I have no idea. From what I understand, a sceptic is somebody that doesn't take something at face value, someone who is able to think critically, and someone that isn't afraid to challenge ideas. This all sounds wonderful, but wouldn't this make everybody a sceptic? Does that still make me “a sceptic”. Am I allowed to join the club? Is being critical of the supernatural and a...

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Dan's blog: Swapping the small screen for the big screen

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Saturday, 11 July 2015. Swapping the small screen for the big screen. TV series’ are much better. They reflect real life; you dip in and out as and when you want, seeing the characters regularly, but in bitesize chunks. They’re more topical, they can comment on current affairs and, because they’re delivered episodically, they can do much more creative things. Remember that ‘ Bowling. 8217; episode of Malcolm in the Middle. Fortunatel...

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Dan's blog: Is this a case of nonverbal false advertising?

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Friday, 21 October 2011. Is this a case of nonverbal false advertising? Something caught my eye today. something very simple. There are lots of different ways information can be conveyed to us nonverbally, and here's quite a nice example of how we can be misled by simple images. Check out this screenshot from a recent advert for printer inks:. Who can tell me what's wrong with this? 21 February 2012 at 09:39. Websites for more details.

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Dan's blog: Can we control nonverbal influence?

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Monday, 9 April 2012. Can we control nonverbal influence? I was talking to a friend about something recently. During our conversation, she asked me if I was happy with something she'd just suggested. I didn't have the face to tell that I wasn't, so replied "yep, that sounds fine with me". In my most convincing voice possible. She looked at me, puzzled, and said "then why are you shaking your head? In a blog post last year. What makes...

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Dan's blog: Ending with some jazz

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Monday, 15 April 2013. Ending with some jazz. A classic chord progression I've found that works quite well for ending music is C, C7, F, Fm, C, C, with the bass climbing down chromatically at the same time; C, Bb, A, Ab, G, C. I included this in my own ending here, but also added a bit more on the end, which is where I came up with this:. Notation here: Just click to enlarge. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Dan's blog: Why do people become atheist?

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Saturday, 31 May 2014. Why do people become atheist? Because atheism is right! Exclaims an excited secular audience. After all, science has negated the need to believe in God, hasn't it? And those that still believe in God are just deluded, right? Hopefully my previous two blogs ( here. Negative stereotyping of religion. Attribution of religious behaviour. FAE), to explain why. The FAE. There actually isn't much evidence to suggest t...

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Dan's blog: Has atheism become a religion?

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Sunday, 28 July 2013. Has atheism become a religion? In my last blog, I explained that many of the current debates regarding God's existence are flawed. When we frame the debate like this, things get a bit more interesting. Since both philosophies exist independently of science, religious and non-religious individuals actually share more characteristics than you might imagine. But can we take this further? Atheism as a belief system.

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Dan's blog: A fresh perspective on God & science

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A collection of thoughts from psychologist and musician, Daniel Gurney. Sunday, 16 June 2013. A fresh perspective on God and science. By Prof. John Lennox which, I think, provided a fresh perspective on the most controversial debate in existence. The Guardian wrote a great review of this book here. But that hasn't stopped me sharing my thoughts:. The wrong debate: Creation vs. Evolution. The other wrong debate: Science vs. Religion. Is a catalyst to any hypothesis formation process. The belief that this ...