Human nature changes too slowly
2023-03-22 13:36 What you need to know about human evolution is how long a generation time we have.  Genetic scientists count 25 years as a human generation.  This is the average difference in age between parents and ...
The demands of the original human society
2023-02-16 16:55 It is problematic to think physical strength was crucial to human survival.  If the original condition demanded this, how could we succeed the Neandertals?  They had markedly larger muscles than we.  ...
The myth of the predator threat
2023-02-07 13:17 Many people imagine “cavemen” as if they lived mostly from meat.  At the same time they are supposed to have lived under constant threat from predators.  The combination of these conditions is in fact...
The myth of our evil nature
2023-01-31 13:51 I once heard an American saying “nature is evil”.  Now this was eavesdropped out of context.  But I can’t help seeing this as a symptom of just how out of touch with the natural world too many America...
On social incompetency
2023-01-26 13:25 A far too large fraction of humanity holds severe misconceptions about what others can and want.  It is one thing to live in a society were you can’t learn to know others.  It is another thing to be a...