Poking holes in the stories we tell ourselves
Iām a social scientist who writes about bullshit and self-deception from a cynical, Darwinian perspective.
Writer. Academic philosopher. Writing about philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more.
Looking into the reasons why people and society work the way they do
The purpose of The Living Fossils is to communicate how the application of evolutionary ideas can help explain the sources of psychological suffering and well-being, in the service of improving our understanding of mental health.
Discussions on the darker side of life and why we find it so intriguing.
This is a blog on why we believe and do what we do, why we pretend otherwise, how we might do better, and what our descendants might do, if they don't all die.