War as a crisis of rationality
How science helps resist the archaic, explains Eugene Kunin, Senior Investigator at the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the…
Where will cultural evolution lead us?
How do random variability, heredity, and selection work in cultural evolution? Wars as fluctuations in cultural evolution, lessons from Franklin's…
Alexander Markov on War in terms of Cultural Evolution
Is modern war in terms of cultural evolution the norm or the terrible exception? Was Steven Pinker wrong when he…
«Russian World» as a synonym for Russian military aggression
What are the ideological, historical, mythological, and psychological reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We talk about this in…
From high-ranking fakers today to Phystech’s shutdown tomorrow
Why do we need an honest examination of science in Russia today? And is it really needed? Why has Russian…
The Marshall Plan for Ukrainian Science
Science during war with the voices of scientists from Ukraine. Why Ukrainian scientists are not given scientific visas to the…