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Tag Archives: Evolutionary Biology
Blank-Slate Progressivism Under Siege
Paleo Retiree writes: A question I’ve been wondering about for years: As more and more discoveries emerge from the worlds of evo-bio and genetics, how is the PC-opinion class going to contend? When the “blank slate” part of “blank slate … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics, Science
Tagged Evolutionary Biology, genetics, Razib Khan, Steve Sailer
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“Ultrasociety” by Peter Turchin
Paleo Retiree writes: The book’s complete title: “Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth.” A stimulating, clear, fast and provocative attempt to explain via the principles of cultural evolution and population biology how humans … Continue reading
Going Deep
Fenster writes: David Brooks is more open than the next pundit to considering the world in terms that go beyond the political, and to endorse the notion that while culture and politics are symbiotic, the former often trumps the latter. … Continue reading
Seeing What is in Front of One’s Nose
Fenster writes: I wrote here that, just as the Left is right to struggle with the possibility of too much diversity, the Right is left to struggle with the possibility of too much inequality. It’s a struggle all right, and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, diversity, Evolutionary Biology, inequality, Krugman, Orwell, Sailer
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Linkage
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Given the play it receives in the media and on Facebook, it might surprise you to know that, according to Gallup, around 4% of Americans think gun control is the most important issue facing the country. Related. … Continue reading
Jack Donovan’s “The Way of Men”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I enjoyed Jack Donovan’s book about manliness, “The Way of Men.” The title has a dual significance. On the one hand it frames the book as an investigation into what it means to be a man … Continue reading