The Alpha Male Myth
The ‘alpha male’ is borrowed from a debunked wolf study its own author disowned — and it gets the cause of attraction backwards. Here’s why having genuine passions, not performing dominance, is what actually works.
ScienceA collection of 11 posts
Conspiracy Theories – Why they are actually an easy answer and why do people believe in them
About one-third of Americans believe that 9/11 was an inside job by the Bush Administration. source: Scientific American.
Problems in our world: The desire to be right
Even if you do not participate in any sort of online discussions you must have noticed that there’s basically no end to online debates and that all your rebuttals often make your opponents withdraw even deeper into their beliefs, without even considering that they are not on a firm ground.
Reading List: Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
Stephen was working on it before he died, and it has been completed in collaboration with his family, friends and colleagues.
Why evolution is true
One of the things that has great potential to irritate is the denial of fundamental, proven scientific truths. A lot of confusion can come from the fact that a scientific theory is very different from the regular understanding of the word “theory”.
Secularism: A Short Introduction
Contrary to what many people believe, secularism is not the same as atheism. Not only that, but you can be a secular Christian. Read on to see what secularism is and how it is possible to be religious and secular.
Naturalism: A Short Introduction
No, it’s not a group of people just hanging around at beaches and swimming pools naked. That’s naturism. Naturalism is a bit less fun than that.