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Prehistoric Humans Were Not So Brutish After All

Overall, our ancestors have persistently failed to be anywhere near as stupid as current evolutionary theory requires.  Read More ›
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On Tobacco, Technocracy Has a Clever New Idea

Is tobacco just the first villain to be punished by a growing technocracy that seeks to limit freedom based on an ever-expanding definition of “health”? Read More ›
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The Human Mind Has No History

There is no good reason to assume that human intelligence evolved from mud to mind via a long slow history. Read More ›
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Biology Helps Us Understand the Blessing of Grasses

Don’t walk on the grass, that “often undervalued” form of life, without looking down. It’s amazing down there. Read More ›
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Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›
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Zinc and the Miracle of Man

Elemental zinc pulls together multiple themes that biologist Michael Denton writes about in his new book. Read More ›
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PETA Wrong Again: Milk Is Good for Your Heart

I have no complaint against people who refrain from consuming animal products. Making choices based on one’s moral view is an aspect of human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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Watch: Londoners Ponder the Existence of a Soul

As a young Muslim physician suggests, materialism asks us to deny the evidence of our near-universal, dualist experience. Read More ›

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