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evolution, richard-dawkins, scientism
Richard Dawkins is smarter than you
03.29.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Richard Dawkins is smarter than youBeware the unbelievers! They are among us!
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ethics, evolution, morality
Morality is genetic
09.19.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Morality is geneticI’m fascinated by the slow but steady trickle of evolutionary studies of morality. (Here’s the latest. And here’s the quiz.) On the one hand, they’re just damn silly. Really, disgust evolved because we started to eat meat? I’ve seen dogs throw up out of disgust; I think it’s safe to say disgust isn’t unique to […]
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evolution, mary-midgley, pack-animals, shittiness, sin
My best description of human shittiness
Since I talked about it ad infinitum, my own best explanation for human shittiness is that we’re pack animals who belong to too many packs. And then those packs belong to other, super-packs. And it’s hell trying to negotiate all that. Before our species made that turn, aggression was rare and necessary when it happened, […]
