Category Archives: Evolution

Nobody Controls The Narrative

I often hear the Jew-skeptical say things like, “I’m beginning to fear you’re losing control of the narrative, guys.” Guess what, nobody controls the narrative because the narrative exists in your mind and mine and nobody controls our minds. There … Continue reading

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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Here are some highlights from this book by Richard Dawkins: * Breeders are almost like modellers with endlessly malleable clay, or like sculptors wielding chisels, carving dogs or horses, or cows or cabbages, to their whim. * Something funny happens … Continue reading

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Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human Relationships

Here are some highlights from this 2012 book: * Even when we are alone, relationships play a central role in our lives. For instance, while traveling for business, working out at the gym, or lying in bed with insomnia in … Continue reading

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Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism (2008)

Here are some highlights from this 2008 book: * The theory of evolution has provided a profound intellectual challenge to religion over the past century and a half. Yet most studies of the impact and significance of evolution for religion … Continue reading

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Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe

Here are some highlights from this 2020 book: * Arguing against widespread credulity puts me in the minority. A long line of scholarship— from ancient Greece to twenty- first- century America, from the most progressive to the most reactionary— portrays … Continue reading

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