God is Only a Theory
I have given much thought to the creationists’ demand that evolution be stricken from public school science classes, or that it be taught side-by-side with creationism because “evolution is only a...
View ArticleA License to Secular Parenthood
In the 1989 Ron Howard film, Parenthood, the Keanu Reeves’ character, Tod Higgins, a wild-eyed young man trying to find his way in life after being raised by a single mom, bemoans to his future...
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Why People Believe Weird Things About Money
Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000? Assume for the moment that prices of goods and services...
View ArticleWhy Candidates Really Get Ahead
The new science of evolutionary economics explains why some candidates, like some products, get ahead in the marketplace As the presidential candidates bounce from primary to primary, with some surging...
View ArticleStocks — Science Tells us When to Hold ’em & When to Fold ’em
Two new sciences shed light on an old problem of financial risk With the stock market off to its worst first week of the year in history, investors are scrambling to decide whether or not to get out of...
View ArticleWhy We Should Trade with Cuba
The new science of neuroeconomics offers new insights into old political problems The 19th-century French economist Frederic Bastiat expressed a principle applicable in the 21st century: “Where goods...
View ArticleWhy People Don’t Trust Free Markets
The new science of evolutionary economics offers an explanation for capitalism skepticism In his magnum opus on the power of free markets, Human Action, the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises noted:...
View ArticleScientology, Anonymous
Imagine reading the following press release: Hello, Jews. We are anonymous. Over the years, we have been watching you. Your campaigns of misinformation; suppression of dissent; your litigious nature,...
View ArticleConfessions of a Former Environmental Skeptic
In his 1964 Republican presidential nomination acceptance speech Barry Goldwater gave voice to one of the most memorable one-liners in political punditry: “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no...
View ArticleDoes Belief Help Us to Survive?
I don’t think religious beliefs are different from any other kind of beliefs: political attitudes, commitments to political parties, or economic ideologies, for example. These are all forms of belief....
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