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Categories
- Introduction
- Ch.1) Homo Narcissus – Just an Animal?
- Ch.2) God: Uber-Pater or El Presidente?
- Ch.3) Nurture and the Swiss-Army Knife of Human Nature
- Ch.4) Bumpkins in the Night
- Ch.5) Comparing Adams and Orangutans
- Ch.6) Power/Size
- Ch.7) Eye Contact
- Ch.8) Threat Displays
- Ch.9) Sexual Primacy Sexual Jealousy
- Ch.10) First Fruits
- Uncategorized
- Ch.11) A Throne of Grooming
- Ch.12) Will the Real Proto-Human Please Stand Up
- Ch.13) The Egalitarian Ape
- Ch.14) The Pacts Within a Pack
- Ch.15) Benefits to Subordinates
- Ch.16) Protection from Them
- Ch.17) Proximity to Bounty
- Ch.18) Science and the Educated Guess
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Recent Posts
- 15.10) Rules from an Absent Alpha
- 15.11) He Knows When You are Sleeping
- 15.2) Calming the Social Seas
- 15.4) Impulse Control, Biblical Style
- 15.5) Religion and Social Order
- 15.6) Conforming to the Order
- 15.7) A Divine Referee
- 15.8) Super Mediation
- 15.9) The Wisdom of God
- 16.1) Protection from Them
- 16.2) The Protection of Powerful Agents
- 16.3) Xenophobia and the Ethnocentric God
- 16.4) A Supernatural Leader in War
- 16.5) A Conduit to Social Power
- 17.1) Spiritual Hunger, Real Hunger
- 17.2) Keeper of the Garden
- 17.3) Take This Bread
- 17.4) Bounty and the Birth of Leaders
- 18) Science and the Educated Guess
- Ch.1.1) The Way of All Flesh
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Ch.1.1) The Way of All Flesh
Homo Narcissus – Our Inflated Species-Esteem, part 1 of 3) Our species’ social nature, including its habitual creation and recognition of status, is certainly not the only factor responsible for the widespread belief in gods. It may, however, be an … Continue reading
Ch.1.2) Boosting Self-Esteem Via the Supernatural
(Homo Narcissus – Our Inflated Species-Esteem, part 2 of 3) If it does bring bliss, ignorance of our animal nature (and/or the denial of it) does so through protecting an inflated sense of species-esteem, and ultimately, self-worth. Self-esteem is one … Continue reading
Ch.1.3) Human Violence: Human Nature or a Fall from Grace?
(Homo Narcissus – Our Inflated Species-Esteem, part 3 of 3) Is the soul or spirit the invisible stuff with which we connect to the invisible, eternal alpha of our kind? Many have argued, and some still do, that human beings … Continue reading