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Why Rites of Passage Are Painful
At the podcast "How God Works," I discuss the worldwide phenomenon of... read more
So Long, Pax Americana
War has returned to Europe after a long, dreamy sabbatical. Russia’s troops... read more
More Signal, Less Noise
A while back, I left formal academia. In the post where I... read more
The Natural History of Music
I’m teaching a course on the evolution of music through Scholarium in January... read more
Geophysicist Dorian Abbot Loses MIT Lecture Thanks to...
University of Chicago geophysicist Dorian Abbot was disinvited from giving a lecture... read more
Faith and the Evolutionary Predicament
The "scientific image" of humans offered by evolutionary biology is cold, impersonal,... read more
The Catholic Latin Mass is a Strong Credibility-Enhancing...
Pope Francis recently restricted the Catholic Tridentine Latin mass. The resulting firestorm... read more
Music and Dance in Human Evolution
Humans everywhere play music and dance. But other animals don't — so... read more
The Myth of the Egalitarian Noble Savage
Are hunter-gatherer societies really the original egalitarian society? One anthropologist argues against... read more
The Joys and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research
Academia can be a fiercely jealous environment — jealous, that is, of... read more
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