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Life with Screens: A Novelist’s Prophetic Warning
David Foster Wallace foresaw the rise of the Internet and its pantheon of seductions.
Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis
French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior.
Plant Diversity and Computer Programming
I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level.
Free Speech for Richard Dawkins? Absolutely!
In 1987, a harmless graduate student who wanted to take on the dreadful giant neo-Darwinism might be an entertaining spectacle.
How Science Shapes Culture: The Case of Marty Sampson
Listen to the man’s own words, which cite science as playing at least some role in his thinking.