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Tag: sociobiology

Rereading Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate

23 June, 202117 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 2 Comments

I reread a book that influenced me a lot when I was younger and review it. Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate by Ullica Segerstråle chronicles the intense discussion in the wake of E.O Wilson's book "Sociobiology" from 1975. Read more (20 min, 5100 words).

A Deep Dive into the Harris-Klein Controversy

26 April, 201817 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 71 Comments

A long postmortem of the conflict between Sam Harris and Ezra Klein over Harris's podcast with political scientist Charles Murray. I explain their disagreement as stemming from differences in interpretation of the original podcast, cultural expectations and psychological tendencies. Read more (36 min, 9100 words)

A Lament on Simler Et Al

5 December, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 8 Comments

In response to an article by Kevin Simler I complain about how often people mistake "selfishness" in an evolutionary sense for selfishness in the normal sense. Read more (12 min, 2900 words).

Erisology of Self and Will, Part 6: The Need and the Reasons

4 August, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 6 Comments

Part 6 of a series adapted from my 2009 Bachelor's Thesis in philosophy. The reasons why the traditional view persists when prescientific thinking on other topics often doesn’t: freedom and responsibility. Read more (9 min, 2300 words)

Erisology

12 January, 201617 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 12 Comments

A new word that means ”the study of disagreement”. I think such a field is needed and has a lot of potential.
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