Category: Science
Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation
Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all.
In Sapiens, Admissions and Overstatements about Human Evolutionary Origins
Harari’s conjecture — “There are no gods” — forms the very basis for everything he says in the rest of the book.
Elk Goes Down; Darwin Breathes a Sigh of Relief
What is the evolutionary argument against unapologetic racism and the supremacy of whatever race can climb to the top?
Molecular Machine Safari
Take a tour of molecular machines working in the cell and see what new things scientists have found out about them.
African Genocide: The Horror of Scientific Racism
My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and only a part of the story of Social Darwinism’s influence on Western imperialism.