It’s good to challenge your own, limited point of view once in a while. Why would current western concepts and habits regarding love have universal normative status? Take kissing for instance. A couple kissing each other in front of others: no big deal. Or is it? In India this has long been regarded as too […]
This View of Life: Three Waves of Evolutionary Thought
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So is God the same?
I like this blogpost. As I understand it, the author avoids presenting God in a static way, as well as presenting Him as part of an evolving universe: So is God the same?.
Quote on Pluralism
“(…) a pluralistic cultural situation makes a dogmatic attitude irrational.” Mikael Stenmark, in How to Relate Science and Religion, p. 109. Great quote!
Darwin in Mind
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution #2 – Darwin in Mind: new opportunities for evolutionary #psychology. http://t.co/mz1TAr4U See on t.co
Darwin’s iPhone: The Politics and Rhetoric of Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, and Online Education
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution In a recent speech, John Tooby, one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, compared the human brain to an iPhone full of different apps. (Huffingtonpost! Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: I’m not sure what to think of this article. It starts of with some critical remarks on evolutionary psychology and cognitive […]
Men Are From Earth, Women Are From Earth – Care2.com (blog)
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Men Are From Earth, Women Are From Earth Care2.com (blog) The study is a direct repudiation of pop evolutionary psychology, which holds that male and female traits are hard-wired and predetermined. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: If I understand this article correctly, there is not so much a biological basis for […]
The Economics Behind the Monopoly Board Game
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Fans on Facebook just changed Monopoly’s iron token to a cat. Now 110 years old, what does the board game teach us about economics and capitalism? Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Amazing what a game can tell us about one of the most dominant elements in the human cultural niche: the […]
Science Made Easy, and a Challenge for Theologians
This is an excellent idea: take a complex scientific concept and break it down using only the 1000 most common words in English. Read more on Mental Floss, see the Tumblr Blog where all efforts get their place in the virtual library. Most examples are from science (hence the title of the blog, of course). […]
Preparing for Lent
Doing a Twexit, leaving candy alone, or committing to a new habit? Read how Christians recontextualize their tradition… http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features/2013/02/07/its-time-for-one-last-chocolate-biscuit/.
Weekly Gardening 