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Sep 12, 2024
Fiction and the Fourth Sexual Revolution
Literature and other forms of fiction are integral when human communities scrutinize their mating regime and negotiate new practices, such as with the West’s three sexual revolutions of 1200, 1750, and 1968.
Feb 4, 2014
Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind
Jonathan Haidt analyzes the shortcomings of human reasoning and bets $10,000 that Harris will not be swayed by reason alone.The New Atheist Sam Harris recently offered to pay $10,000 to anyone who can disprove his arguments about morality. Jonathan Haidt analyzes the nature of reasoning, and the ease with which reason becomes a servant of the passions. He bets $10,000 that Harris will not change his mind.
Oct 29, 2013
Profiles In Evolutionary Moral Psychology: Jonathan Haidt
What novel insights can evolutionary approaches provide about human morality? What novel insights can evolutionary approaches provide about human morality? Jonathan Haidt describes his work and inspirations for understanding six universal moral foundations and the ecstasy of self-transcendence (transpersonal identification) common in religious and spiritual experiences.
Mar 30, 2013
Primatologist Frans de Waal Responds To His New Atheist Critics
Atheism will need to be combined with something else, something more constructive than its opposition to religion, to be relevant to our lives.Atheism will need to be combined with something else, something more constructive than its opposition to religion, to be relevant to our lives
