The False Allure Of Group Selection Steven Pinker does not agree with the concepts of group or multilevel selection.

Eric’s Archived Thoughts: Cicadients

Passing Through Olafur Haraldsson

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The Problem-Solving Voter Poll | No Labels

Are younger siblings faster? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree

No, You Can’t Have It All | The American Conservative “There is no substitute for being there. ‘Quality time’ is a lie. If we are going to put service to our careers over service to our families, then we should at least not lie to ourselves and others about what we are doing. It is […]

Manic Nation: Dr. Peter Whybrow Says We’re Addicted to Stress – >>“In the past, you either fought and won or you died, but either way the stress disappeared,” explains Whybrow. “Now the alarm bells go off much of the time as we encounter one prolonged threat.”

The Curse of Political Purity by Garry Wills | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books “But the man being voted for, no matter what he says, dances with the party that brought him, dependent on its support, resources, and clientele. That is why one should always vote on the party, instead of the […]

Multitaskers are incompetent “We were absolutely shocked. We all lost our bets. It turns out multitaskers are terrible at every aspect of multitasking. They’re terrible at ignoring irrelevant information; they’re terrible at keeping information in their head nicely and neatly organized; and they’re terrible at switching from one task to another.”