Category Archives: History
Pinker on TED and the “Better Angels of our Nature”
In this 2007 TED talk the Developmental Psychologist and Linguist and Steven Pinker previews his 700 page monster of data and perspective published in 2011: Pinker in the opening phrases Continue Reading →
The Purpose of Education
Michael Shermer in a recent article in Politico entitled “Religion is Disappearing: That’s Great for Politics” echoes the sentiment of Lawrence Krauss that religion is waning and could disappear sooner Continue Reading →
Old White Guys like to Make Rules
…especially for women. …and about sex …very authoritatively …not happy and don’t want you to be either …full of themselves and utter fantasy …love stupid hats …and special uniforms meant Continue Reading →
Richard Carrier: Jesus himself may never have existed…..
I was in Kentucky this past weekend at Murray State University watching the historian Richard Carrier speak on the plausibility of the Resurrection and of Jesus Christ himself. The video Continue Reading →
China and a Changed World
Can we avoid the “inevitable” clash of nations? As Kevin Rudd explains there are many paths besides confrontation and many factors involved. Is world conflict inevitable whether US vs.China, or Continue Reading →
This is your brain on religion…the rise of Islamism.
Sayyid Qtub. Intellectual godfather to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Islamists throughout the rest of the Muslim world. If you want to get a good handle on the ideology Continue Reading →
Information Kills Religion: Installment #873, Uniformitarianism.
Uniformitarianism. From John Gribbins’ “The Scientists.” James Hutton and later Charles Lyell in the late 1700’s and 1800’s helped moved the world into a different perspective from that dominated by Continue Reading →
Why tell a 2,000 year old story that was primitive then and is hopelessly wrong now?
You can read the book above or others like it or watch the TED video below: Dave Christian and Big History. You can get the real deal about human nature, Continue Reading →
Everything Your Parents Were Taught was Fucked.
A look back to the 1960’s I’m 60 next week. My parents were born in the late 20’s and I grew up in the US of A, in the 60’s. Continue Reading →