Secular Life

The book I didn’t know I needed. The Human Swarm  by Mark W Moffett is the book I didn’t know I needed. It covers a topic that’s been m...

Modern genetics says there are no homogeneous, essential “races” tl;dr I used to think that “race” meant nothing, biologically speakin...

Jonathan Haidt speaking in Seattle Earlier this year, Jonathan Haidt came to Seattle and spoke about the rise in polarization that he a...

What is it like to be wrong?  Kathryn Schulz gave a famous TED Talk in which she points out that, for the most part, being wrong feels ...

Testosterone drives male robins to compete Testosterone is in the news these days. It’s an interesting hormone that gets talked about...

Untrue and Female Sex Instincts An anthropologist suggested that I read the book Untrue by Wednesday Martin for an example of a good tre...

Two timers, no waiting Timing Group Discussions Previously, I’ve posted about the problems I’ve seen during free-form discussions, spec...