Invisible Friends and Blame

Conspicuous Consumption

Evolutionary Psychology in Action

Human Nature and Unconscious Natural Selection
Since I began writing about the evolutionary drives behind human behavior and desires, I’ve had various friends and internet friends come to me to ask my opinion on why they or their significant other is feeling the way they feel about a certain situation.  In most cases, it’s pretty easy to make a guess, since [...]

Saint Damien’s Heel
Saint Damien’s heel bone will be enshrined in Hawaii after his recent canonization. Damien, née Joseph de Veuster, was a Belgian priest who dedicated much of his life to caring for leprosy patients in Hawaii.  Eventually, he succumbed to the disease himself. By all accounts, Damien’s work with the leper colony was instrumental in improving [...]

Obama Opposes UN Anti-Defamation Resolution
Thankfully, there is some sanity in the U.N.  The Obama administration has announced that it is strongly opposed to a resolution that would condemn negative speech against religions.  Hillary Clinton said in a news conference that such a resolution would be a major blow against free expression and speech. She’s right, of course.  Everyone, theists included, [...]

Christianity in the News
I’m just going to pass along two stories today.  Partly, this is because I’ve just been too busy to keep updated this week, but I do think it’s important for us to remember that there are two discussions going on in the freethinking community.  It’s fine for me to argue with Alison about the causes [...]

Emo and Lo: Passionate Platonic Cuddling?
I’m going to stray a bit from my usual style of trying to relate everything back to evolutionary drives.  I was reading some articles from Emo & Lo, and was struck by Abby Spector’s article about passionate cuddling.  She says: It has been exactly a year since I last had sex. I didn’t intend on taking [...]