May 19, 2007

Jonathan Haidt of the University of Virginia has chosen a rather interesting human behavior to study–morality. I find the evolutionary approach Haidt takes to the question very comfortable. In a nutshell, Haidt sees morality as an evolved cultural phenomenon that allows us to live in large groups. According to Haidt, Read more…

I have always thought that the ability to make good decisions, especially when time is short, is a very valuable life skill. Although it seems obvious that intelligent, well-educated people have many tools at hand to make good decisions, that is not always the case. History is full of catastrophic Read more…