Surface Detail

[Conscious Bob]

Considered Cultural, I'd be interested in continuing this discussion in an appropriate venue.

Now there's an offer, wee dash of cologne and flowers somewhere along the line I'll wager.

CB, is your whole life given to nitpicking and trolling?

You're the fellow prepared to 'take issue', not me...

[eburacum45]

Here's a review of Surface Detail by my colleague Todd Drashner;
http://www.voicesoa.net/surface-detail/

[Conscious Bob]

Looks more like book jacket blurb rather than a review.

[Champagne Socialist]

Looks like TMH was on to something

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/...-other-factors

Belief In Hell Predicts a Country's Crime Rates Better Than Other Factors

"Religion is often thought of as psychological defense against bad behavior, but researchers have recently found that the effect of religion on pro-social behaviors may actually be driven by the belief in hell and supernatural punishment rather than faith in heaven and spiritual benevolence. In a large analysis of 26 years of data consisting of 143,197 people in 67 countries, psychologists found significantly lower crime rates in societies where many people believe in hell compared to those where more people believed in heaven."