Which is all very interesting in light of the discussions here about whether there is group intelligence,etc.
I wonder that Emile Durkheim's name has not arisen in regard to all this talk of whether or not there is social intelligence. Selma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:56 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] NYTimes.com Article: Finding Happiness: Cajole Your Brain to Lean to the Left > Selma, is this the same Daniel Goleman who wrote Emotional Intelligence (Why > it can matter more than IQ) and Working with Emotional Intelligence? > > Very interesting. Calvinists would say, "See, there was a reason the Dalai > Lama had to live in exile!" > > But this science will stir another storm of controversy: if meditation can > improve emotional well being, or happiness, then can't prayer reduce pain > and then, by logic, quoting scripture relieve menstrual cramps so that women > don't need medication? (a recent controversy with one of Bush's > appointments to NIH, an Ob-Gyn who wrote a book proposing such). > > So are we discovering what the ancients knew all along? Will there be a > conscilience between science and religion, as EO Wilson predicted? > Karen > This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > While many, if not most of you will probably think this article is not > related to the subject matter of this list, I believe it is, and I am most > curious to know your reactions to it. > > Selma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Finding Happiness: Cajole Your Brain to Lean to the Left > February 4, 2003 > By DANIEL GOLEMAN > > All too many years ago, while I was still a psychology > graduate student, I ran an experiment to assess how well > meditation might work as an antidote to stress. My > professors were skeptical, my measures were weak, and my > subjects were mainly college sophomores. Not surprisingly, > my results were inconclusive. > > But today I feel vindicated. > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/04/health/psychology/04ESSA.html?ex=104536751 > 6&ei=1&en=1defc1a05ff5f691 > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
