from day 10/07/2009

Simian Oeconomicus

Economics is usually thought of as a specifically human science. However, there are no reasons to restrict its application to humans. After all, animals have goals and preferences exactly like humans. And exactly like humans, they face the sad reality that resources are scarse (be it sex, power or ...

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The Evolution of God?

Robert Wright has written a new book, much in the tradition of his previous, and famous, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny [1]: The Evolution of God [2]. His main goal is to argue that as religious creeds change though time, they tend to be increasingly inclusive in their moral scope, either that ...

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