We had a post on an attempt to clear von Neumann for the Paradigm with a denial he was a critic of Darwin. This short interview of Berlinski should the matter straight. Since these things tend to d… Source: Darwin and the Mathematicians: David Berlinski – 1848+: The End(s) of History

While Brexit and Trump’s election mark a distinct rightward shift in world politics, young American activists are planning the launch of a new left party that could change the whole equa… Source: David McNally: socialism for a new age | RNZ – 1848+: The End(s) of History

How the advent of consciousness 500 million years ago gave way to an evolutionary ‘arms race’ in sophisticated thinking Source: Why making if-then connections might be the key to consciousness | Ae… Source: Why making if-then connections might be the key to consciousness – 1848+: The End(s) of History

The issue of teleology in evolution is addressed I hope properly in the eonic model, with its indirect hints of its action both in history and deep time, as a suggestion… Source: kants_challe… Source:  Kant’s Challenge Resolved: Nature’s Secret Plan – 1848+: The End(s) of History

Pitting Christianity against Darwinism is a tactic that won’t work even as the critiques of Darwinism are cogent enough. Christianity is an even bigger fraud that Darwinism. Christianity&#821… Source: A Tale of Two Frauds – 1848+: The End(s) of History

We started last week to consider the left and the various new age movements. This essay below has done a lot of our work for us, an useful history. We see only Marxism now and not the many other co… Source: Commentary:…//How socialism helped to seed the landscape of modern religion | Aeon Ideas – … Continue reading Commentary:…//How socialism helped to seed the landscape of modern religion | Aeon Ideas 

Religion might be the opiate of the people, but socialism helped to seed the landscape in which modern religion flowers Source: How socialism helped to seed the landscape of modern religion | Aeon … Source: How socialism helped to seed the landscape of modern religion | Aeon Ideas – 1848+: The End(s) of History

To answer life’s biggest questions, says the German theoretical physicist and YouTuber, we need to abandon unscientific ideas such as the multiverse Source: Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: ‘There ar… Source: Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: ‘There are quite a few areas where physics blurs into religion’  – 1848+: The End(s) of History

To answer life’s biggest questions, says the German theoretical physicist and YouTuber, we need to abandon unscientific ideas such as the multiverse Source: Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: ‘There ar… Source: Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: ‘There are quite a few areas where physics blurs into religion’  – 1848+: The End(s) of History

The intellectual godfathers of the “alt right” and their descendants are on a fool’s errand: to rationalize irrational hatreds. Source: Opinion | Ideas—Even the Most Foolish, Unfo… Source:   Ideas—Even the Most Foolish, Unfortunately—Have Consequences  – 1848+: The End(s) of History