I accidentally rediscovered a paper - actually, a transcript of a talk - on a controversial topic (human psychological dimorphism) in a controversial field (evolutionary psychology). It’s called ”Is There Anything Good About Men?”. Its originator has since written a book from his work. I’d read the speech once before but lost track of it.

The site ( Read more... )

This conversation didn’t exactly happen, but it was close.

“Guess what I discovered: it’s unconstitutional to require evolution to be taught in school.”

“Really? How so?”

“It contradicts the Christian story of creation. That means it directly attacks a main tenet of a major religion. The government isn’t supposed to promote any particular ( Read more... )

This year’s Miss USA pageant picked one of its fifteen semifinalists by posing three questions to all the contestants, recording their answers, putting these videos on the internet, and opening them up to a public vote. Those questions were:

• Have you, or would you, use an online dating service?
• Should evolution be taught in schools?
• How do you feel ( Read more... )