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Evolved Brains in Evolved Bodies

Nov 12, 2024 | quillette.com | Patrick Whittle |John Aziz |Maarten Boudry |Steije Hofhuis

In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond seeks to explain the ultimate causes of modern societies’ clear disparities in wealth and power. “It is perfectly obvious to everyone,” Diamond points out, “that different peoples have fared differently in history.” But why?
The West Is Next

Nov 11, 2024 | quillette.com | John Aziz |Maarten Boudry |Steije Hofhuis |John Lloyd

“It didn’t start on October 7th.” These words have been repeated like a mantra by those who wish to justify Hamas’s actions of 7 October 2023, by suggesting that the savagery of that day was provoked by previous events. There is a subtle conflation at work here.
Why Mind Viruses Are Real

Nov 10, 2024 | quillette.com | Maarten Boudry |Steije Hofhuis |John Lloyd |Benny Morris

Mind viruses seem to be all the rage these days. In his 2020 bestseller Parasitic Mind, evolutionary psychologist Gad Saad identifies “the tyranny of political correctness” and other “infectious ideas” that are harming our societies.
Hoe feitelijk is de migratiebestseller van Hein de Haas nou werkelijk?

Sep 28, 2024 | ewmagazine.nl | Steije Hofhuis

Hoe migratie echt werkt van Hein de Haas verscheen een jaar geleden en werd een internationaal succes. De socioloog mocht zelfs optreden in Vandaag Inside. Maar cultuurhistoricus Steije Hofhuis leest vooral een oefening in ideologische zelfbevestiging. Word abonnee en lees direct verder Al vanaf €15 per maand leest u onbeperkt alle edities en artikelen van EW. Bekijk onze abonnementen. Bent u al abonnee, maar heeft u nog geen account? Maak die dan hier aan.
On epistemic black holes: How self‐sealing belief systems develop and evolve

Aug 18, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Maarten Boudry |Steije Hofhuis

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflicts of interest. REFERENCES (2010) Voodoo histories: the role of the conspiracy theory in shaping modern history. New York:Riverhead Books. (1951/2017) The origins of totalitarianism. London: Penguin Classics. (2011) Religious diversity (pluralism). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religious-pluralism/ (2021) Evidential preemption.