This View of Life
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Life arose as a cooperative effort among diverse molecule types in catalytically closed and self-sustaining chemical reaction networks. There is grandeur in this view of (the origin of) life.

The outer limits of moral possibility are established by the emotional tendencies that prepare us to be morality-making beings.

As a marketer, I obviously value any opportunity better to understand ourselves and our true, evolved social nature. It is potentially a huge source of competitive advantage and differentiation.

Are we witnessing a new synthesis for evolutionary theory?

The invention of fake facts was to compel us to behave for the benefit of our group, even when it might be against our private interests.

Morality is always and everywhere a cooperative phenomenon.

Tinbergen’s four questions apply to any variation-and-selection process, including but not restricted to genetic evolution. Accordingly, they can be insightful for the study of moral universals and particulars as products of human genetic and cultural evolution.

What behavioural economists neglected to answer is the ultimate question: why do people possess these psychological dispositions? Answering ultimate questions leads one to evolution, as the human brain has been honed by the forces of natural selection.

How can conservative and progressive Christian denominations churches be so different from each other, despite sharing the same sacred text? For the same reason that skin and liver cells can be so different, despite sharing the same DNA.

Edward O. Wilson, who passed away at the age of 92 on December 26, 2021, is widely recognized as a giant of the Arts and Sciences.

Evolution explains why we have traits that leave us vulnerable to disease, as well as why so many other aspects of the body work so well.