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“Can Horses Feel Shame?” This was a question posed by a friend who is both a horsewoman and an equine therapist. We discussed the question at some length over lunch, sharing our different perspectives… more →
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Shame
wrote 2 days ago: “Can Horses Feel Shame?” This was a question posed by a friend who is both a horsewoman and an equin … more →
Darwinists and Telos
wrote 3 weeks ago: In a recent article in the New York Times, on the frequency of cross-species mating among birds, a D … more →
Climate Change Isn't New: George P. Marsh
wrote 1 month ago: Climate change, also known as global warming, is not something scientists have recently cooked up as … more →
Are We Really a Nation of Takers? Part 2
wrote 3 months ago: If we are really a nation of takers, then it is important to determine who exactly the takers are. T … more →
Are We Really a Nation of Takers?
wrote 3 months ago: It is now a commonplace among conservatives to state that America has become a nation of takers—too … more →
Homo Hubris
wrote 3 months ago: Human vanity leads us to assume that we are not only the most successful but the most amazing of all … more →
Animal Intelligence, Or the Cat that Came Home
wrote 4 months ago: An article in the New York Times of Sunday, January 20, 2013, tells the amazing story of Holly, a ca … more →
Wet Wrinkled Fingers and Teleodarwinism
wrote 4 months ago: Just how far teleodarwinists will go in creating seemingly logical reasons for every human character … more →
Thinking and Culture
wrote 4 months ago: This article is an excerpt from a chapter of a book I wrote during a sabbatical some ten years ago. … more →
Are We Nuts?
wrote 5 months ago: An essay arguing that human beings are basically insane. Normality is simply being less insane than … more →
David Lewis-Williams on the Origin of Religion
wrote 5 months ago: David Lewis-Williams’ 2010 book Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion, has … more →
Howard Bloom's "Problem"
wrote 5 months ago: I have just finished trying more or less to read Howard Bloom’s latest book The God Problem: How a … more →
Pseudo Neuroscience
wrote 5 months ago: I just read this article in the New York Times. It’s worth everyone’s attention. Neuros … more →
Eggplant with tomato relish
wrote 6 months ago: As an eggplant lover, I enjoy putting ingredients together that will really bring out the natural s … more →
Thomas Nagel's "Mind and Cosmos"
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wrote 7 months ago: The general problem addressed by Thomas Nagel’s latest book, Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Ne … more →
What Malala Tells Us About Education
wrote 7 months ago: Malala Yousafzai, the fourteen-year-old Pakistani girl who has become a world spokesperson for girls … more →
The "Cloud" Is Not a Cloud
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wrote 7 months ago: One of the mysteries of the “digital age” is its lingo. Weird new terms like “google” and “hypertex … more →
Whose Adaptation?
wrote 8 months ago: The word “adaptation” is much used when discussing evolution, all too often weighed down by an expli … more →
What do we mean by "New"?
wrote 8 months ago: According to a recent article in the New York Times, scientists have discovered a new species of mon … more →
