Tag: Tom Wolfe
Darwinism as Fact? The Waning of an Historical Myth
Historically the unfathomable subtleties of our terrestrial environment have been viewed as in and of themselves empirical markers for design.
Language: Darwin’s Eternal Mystery
A whole host of “certified geniuses” have failed to crack the human language problem, and this must count as a blow to Darwinian ideas of evolution.
How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind
Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans.
Yes, the Human Brain Is the Most Complex Thing in the Universe
Our brains have actually shrunk by 10 percent over the last 40,000 years, coinciding with spectacular intellectual achievements.
Myth-Making and Malthus
After reading Malthus out of personal interest, it dawned on Darwin how he might usefully appropriate the Malthusian analogy.