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Human Nature — New Book from David Berlinski Skewers Illusion of Evolutionary Progress in History
Berlinski schools Steven Pinker, the famed Harvard cognitive psychologist, on the relevant math, reminding him that “poorly defined problems very often lead to absurd solutions.”
Deep Suicide Nihilism in Switzerland
A new suicide clinic is advertising its dark services in Switzerland — with “native English speaking” staff to ensure that suicide tourists attend.
A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!
Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal.
What Is a Parent to Do? Here’s What
“Is there any university where my child will be taught a breadth of ideas about the origins of life?”
Darwinism — Like Every Other Known Natural Process — Devolves
Natural selection is not, after all, the one natural process in the universe that can make nature run backward.