In my last post, I pointed out that the movie Tenet argues that we lack free will and explained why that is likely correct. The realization of this fact has pushed some to conclude that nothing they ...

Fatalism may prevent women from Latin American descent -- Latinas -- from using cancer screening services, according to researchers. Their review shows that women who are pessimistic about preventive ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Cancer fatalism-the belief that death is inevitable when cancer is present-has been identified as a barrier to participation in cancer screening, detection, and treatment. Yet this literature has not ...

Latina women don’t bother with cancer screening because they think a cancer diagnosis is equivalent to a death sentence, according to a new study. The study, by two researchers at San Diego State ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Este ensayo ofrece un análisis del argumento de Crisipo a favor de que todo tiene una causa en Cicerón, De Fato 20. Para ello, se discute en ...

Just when Democrats were starting to feel somewhat less gloomy about their prospects in this fall’s midterm elections, there comes another downer poll, this one from the Washington Post and ABC, ...

In the very same issue of The Aspen Times that treated us to Tony Hershey’s latest rant against train advocates was an article about the collapse of a huge Antarctic ice shelf. “500 million billion ...

Overlook Duckworth, 239 pages, $24.95. The Israeli author Yaakov Shabtai, who died in 1981, wrote several morbidly memorable first sentences. “Goldman’s father died on the first of April, whereas ...

Cancer fatalism is a complex phenomenon with potentially far-reaching implications. Over the past few years, discussions surrounding cancer fatalism have slowly moved from viewing this phenomenon as ...