This Saint Patrick’s Day, let’s all engage in Irish cultural appropriation!

Even when I was at college, there was a tremendous sensitivity to cultural appropriation that I didn’t understand. Growing up all over the world, I spent my time with ex-pats who routinely took bits…

Was Jesus Christ a better neuroscientist than Sam Harris?

On the surface, it will seem obvious to many people that a man who got a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA in 2009 should have a more scientific understanding of the human brain than Jesus. After all, Jesus grew up in the Middle East…

If the evidence on evolution is so strong, why not teach the controversy?

As 2016 drew to a close, it seemed like humanity had reached peak weirdness. A reality TV star had been elected President of the United States. People were seriously talking about whether there was a…

Are the Arabs violent because they’re religious or religious so they’re LESS violent?

For the last few decades, American liberals have waged a culture war against a tight knit culture that prizes loyalty, social conservatism, engages in honor killings and is deeply…

Want to kick ass in the Information Age? Train in Mixed Mental Arts.

No matter how much your parents spent on your education, your school and your teachers failed to prepare you for the world that you now find yourself in.

Why Doesn’t Western Medicine Turn Me On?

Once upon a time, humans lived like animals. We didn’t have computers that gave us repetitive strain injury. We didn’t have foods filled with sugar, fat, salt and artificial flavors that drive our taste buds wild and compelled us to overeat. We didn’t spend…

Want To Change Your Life? Forget about Silicon Valley’s Big Data and Focus on Evolution’s Small Data.

Humanity has been promised salvation many, many times. We’ve been told that the key to our salvation is Christianity, Communism, Trickle Down Economics and…

Cultural Software SDK Beta Version

For sometime, computer software engineers have been using a process known as agile development. The key idea is that you build the best version you can, send it out into the world, get feedback on what works and doesn’t work and then use that feedback to improve the…

Why was the face of 24 Hour Fitness so out of shape that he got out of breath going up the stairs on his way to work out there?

When you tutor enough teenagers, you come to notice a recurring pattern in how many parents and students engage…

The Netherlands: The Country of Polders, Directness and Pragmatism