Tag: Science

Got a minute?

Human History, in 60 seconds. (no, it’s not mine, it’s his) Human History Alan Charles Kors George H. Walker Endowed Term Professor of History First, tribes: tough life. The defaults beyond the intimate tribe were violence, aversion to difference, and slavery. Superstition: everywhere. Culture overcomes them partially. Rainfall agriculture, which allows loners. Irrigation agriculture, which […]

Standing back

Speaking of science (we were), here’s something that Captain Obvious has just tossed onto an unsuspecting public: Men want hot women. Follow up studies still awaiting funding: Do women like Brad Pitt? Does size really matter? Does ice cream make me fat?