The cuckoo, as is well known, is a devious, shifty, and indolent bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, while pushing
Tag: Rene Descartes
The Science Myth: The Humanity Experiment
At the beginning of the essay “The Capitalism Myth,” I considered the question of whether science can be considered as a sort of myth. Most
The Colossal Cartesian Blunder
The French philosopher René Descartes is held in high esteem for a number of reasons. One reason is that he made a number of important
Debunking Philosophy: The Foolish Quest for Infallibility
In The Theory of Imitation, specifically in the discussion of free will and determinism, I pointed out that the age-old debate about whether human beings
