In the days before Darwin, people would look at the intricate complexity of life and blame it on a god - something with a mind. Knowing the English sentence "evolution does not have a mind" doesn't automatically enable people to imagine a mindless, unintelligent designer. People seem to visualize something more like a helpful spirit that works to improve species - whether they recite the phrase "evolution has no mind" or not. They think that rabbits mate in order to "propagate their species",...| www.lesswrong.com
Summary and commentary on Ethan Watters' "Crazy Like Us: The Globalization Of The American Psyche"| www.astralcodexten.com
Compulsory schooling is net-harmful.| deathisbad.substack.com