My Principles of Animal Behavior class is a wonderfully insightful class. While I was studying for the Final Exam that I have in there tomorrow, I came across the table about the costs and benefits of social living. Maybe someone will find it interesting. If nothing else it’s smirk inducing when we consider topics about [...]
6Apr10
Ought From Is
By: Barry Belmont
I recently wrote the following article about morality for the Sagebrush where I am putting forth the idea that not only can we extrapolate from the the way the world is to the way the world should be, but that we must do this. I am putting forth the radical notion that there is such [...]
31Mar10
A Criticism of Free Markets
By: Barry Belmont
This is an adapted excerpt from a larger work of mine entitled “The Evolution of Free Markets.” Please do enjoy. Critics of free markets generally (and the super free markets of Austrian economics specifically) tend to be of this type: 1) I cannot think of how A would occur on the free and open market. [...]
By: Barry Belmont
I know I often use evidence from evolutionary biology to make many of my points. Since we’re not all biology majors, sometimes it may seem a little remote or implausible or downright wrong. Perhaps this little video will highlight a few of the things I talk about. (Bear in mind that studies on monkeys and [...]
By: Barry Belmont
The perversification of the sciences of biology, genetics, medicine, sociology, and psychology, the utter disregard for the institution of acceptance and tolerance, and the disgusting, romping foray into the most shameful shadows of xenophobia that still plague the otherwise noble humanist values to which much of this country suscribes can all be seen in the [...]
