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It’s highly unlikely this column will change your mind. According to neuroscientist Robert M. Burton, people believe they’re right on many issues even when they’re not. The trouble is, they won’t change their mind, even in the face of overwhelming contradictory evidence because the American educational system and most “two-chapter” churches deal with the tip…
By Mike Metzger & John Seel How many bits of information just zipped though your brain? What percentage of them were you aware of? The answer might resolve a debate. Many modern faith communities believe putting the Cultural Mandate before the Great Commission is like putting the cart before the horse. Others say this is…
You’re likely to be less happy tomorrow. Most Americans feel better from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. Labor Day widens the weekend but only delays workweek depression. The solution is seeing the factors producing a sense of well-being or what the Bible calls shalom. They are present on the weekend but usually absent at work….
Will Harvard Business School raze the right issues? Harvard Business School has long preached innovation. Now the new dean at HBS is trying to innovate—at HBS. Nitin Nohria is an articulate Indian-American who has already demonstrated he’s capable of raising the right issues related to innovation. But innovation also requires razing the right issues. Can…
Hardware without software is potential without production. This is the challenge facing genome scientists. Having sequenced DNA, the wonder drugs have yet to appear. Scientists have since discovered DNA is only hardware. Genes operate by instructions, or software sitting atop the hardware. Mapping the software is the next challenge. In a similar fashion, ought-is-can-will is…
You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it. Einstein’s axiom addresses a problem presented in a new book, Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think. At elite American universities, 50 percent of scientists claim to be religious yet keep silent. The problem is framed as science vs. religion. But this isn’t…
Suppose you believe something with your whole heart. Suppose you are presented with evidence that your belief is wrong. What’s likely to happen? Most people assume they’d change. Not so, said Leon Festinger who posed this question in his landmark study of what he called “cognitive dissonance.” Festinger’s findings tell us why change is so…
On March 16, 1621, the Pilgrims received quite a surprise. The English settlers had arrived the year before, in 1620. But only half survived the winter. Come spring, survivors set out exploring and soon encountered a nearly naked Indian. Surprisingly, he welcomed them in perfect English. Then he asked whether they had some beer. Not…
On March 16, 1621, the Pilgrims received quite a surprise. The English settlers had arrived the year before, in 1620. But only half survived the winter. Come spring, survivors set out exploring and soon encountered a nearly naked Indian. Surprisingly, he welcomed them in perfect English. Then he asked whether they had some beer. Not…
A Taste of Our Own Medicine
Michael Metzger
September 27, 2010
It was the taste that changed his tune. For years, Dr. Edward Rosenbaum dismissed critics of the medical community. Then he contracted cancer. Doctor became patient. Then he got a taste of his own medicine. He changed his tune. This might be just what the doctor ordered for those who believe culture-change is from the…