"The research on meditation is pretty interesting.  MRI studies show that it does induce activity in certain areas of the brain, but on the other hand there appears to be some selection bias in a lot of the studies that use it as a treatment…"

"I'm a registered Green, because I agree with the key values.  However, I also live in a state that allows me to vote in whatever primary I choose.  It's nice that it allows me to strategically vote in the primaries for one party,…"

"There are certainly libertarian atheists out there. Take Penn Jillette for example. That aside, I would say that libertarians take a "liberal economic stance", not a "conservative economic stance". In theory, the Democrats…"

"Hi Shine, If that's what you're interested in, I say "go for it". It sounds like you have a good idea of what you want to study and odds are your counselor will understand this. There's no rule saying you can't…"