Science Is Not A Thing.

Perceiving The World As Well Designed And Thus The Product Of A Designer, And Even Seeing Divine Providence In The Daily Affairs Of Life, May Be The Product Of A Brain Adapted To Finding Patterns In Nature. (38)

People Have A Hard Time Accepting Free-market Economics For The Same Reason They Have A Hard Time Accepting Evolution: It Is Counterintuitive. Life Looks Intelligently Designed, So Our Natural Inclination Is To Infer That There Must Be An Intelligent Designer--a God. Similarly, The Economy Looks Designed, So Our Natural Inclination Is To Infer That We Need A Designer--a Government. In Fact, Emergence And Complexity Theory Explains How The Principles Of Self-organization And Emergence Cause Complex Systems To Arise From Simple Systems Without A Top-down Designer.

Remember Always That We Are Pattern-seeking Primates Who Are Especially Adept At Finding Patterns With Emotional Meaning.

We Do Not Just Blindly Concede Control To Authorities; Instead We Follow The Cues Provided By Our Moral Communities On How Best To Behave.

Ultimately All Hominids Came From Africa, And Therefore Everyone In America Should Simply Check The Box Next To 'african-american.' My Maternal Grandmother Was German And My Maternal Grandfather Was Greek. The Next Time I Fill Out One Of Those Forms I Am Going To Check 'other' And Write In The Truth About My Racial And Cultural Heritage: 'african-greek-german-american.' And Proud Of It.