This week, Darren looks into the potential downside of watching a solar eclipse and asks, ‘Is it worth it?’ Adam gets all ‘Darren’ on us with an interesting segment about consciousness and the bicameral mind. Lastly, Cristina investigates whether an online dating site has the evidence to back up their claims that they use science to match people.
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Solar Eclipse Fallout
Washington Post (in Ottawa Citizen)
The Bicameral Mind
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes – Goodreads
Bicameralism (psychology) – Wikipedia
eHarmony Backed By Science?
ASA: Ruling on eHarmony UK Ltd
Independent: eHarmony banned from claiming dating site’s matching system is ‘scientifically proven’
CNN: eHarmony told to pull ads promising ‘scientific’ matches