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Category Archives: Evolution
‘Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky’ – Why do cities have to be so sexist?
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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
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
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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Kevin Michael Grace Book Club: David Berlinski’s The Devil’s Arithmetic (6-15-18)
MP3. Biologist Jerry Coyne: David Berlinski makes an ass of himself defending intelligent design David Berlinski makes a pompous fool of himself again about science and evolution Amazon.com: Militant atheism is on the rise. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, … Continue reading
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David Reich’s New Book
Greg Cochran writes about David Reich’s new book: The people Reich dumps on are saying perfectly reasonable things. He criticizes Henry Harpending for saying that he’d never seen an African with a hobby. Of course, Henry had actually spent time … Continue reading
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I Like Much Of Southern California’s Non-Native Vegetation
I am from Australia and I love all the eucalyptus trees in Los Angeles. When I travel the world and find a Jewish community, I also feel happy. I love getting on the internet wherever I go in the world … Continue reading
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