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The Evolution of Morality

January 20, 2002

Can morality evolve in Darwin’s universe? Steven Pinker, evolutionary psychologist at Harvard, is just the man to ask. He wrote an 8-page article for the New York Times about it, facing the issues with frankness and forthrightness. To Pinker, as with other evolutionary psychologists, the “moral” behind morality is an evolutionary artifact of […]

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Who Laid a Fossil Egg?

January 20, 2002

51; The news media are all excited that a pterosaur fossil has been found with an egg – a very rare association. To the media, like the BBC News, this can only mean one thing: the pterosaur was a female, and now they can differentiate female and male pterosaur fossils. They affectionately named the fossil, […]

Astronomy

Reality or Hubris in Scientific Claims?

January 20, 2002

51; The amount of trust the public puts in scientific claims stems partly from their incomprehensibility. The claims presented in scientific papers are often so dense and abstruse as to be unapproachable by all but specialists. Undoubtedly many people trust scientists because of their specialized education, their knowledge of mathematics, their special equipment, and their […]

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