Ever wondered about the psychology behind rituals? In his new book, The Ritual Animal, Harvey Whitehouse explores how different modes of ritual performance have influenced the evolution of social complexity. Buy your copy here: https://t.co/KaiV5oT5TS
@theodorasutton I have cited it, but in a book I haven't finished writing, so not yet a published citation, I'm afraid, but it will be. Your book version will probably be out before I finish mine! 😳
@drcodyjphillips@ShuhBillSkee Yeah, cos Screen Time is addictive and harmful. Except when kids fail to attend school classes on Zoom. This is 'virtual truancy' and parents get investigated for neglect.🤔 https://t.co/mZCxL2aI4e
I am now a proud patron of Ceasefire on @patreon, and if you really want to promote civil public discourse (as opposed to just complaining about the lack of it) you should be too: #NewPatron https://t.co/F2JRCaAugV
Wow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after 50 years! - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures!) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /1 https://t.co/qYdnXmQMMM
You asked for a simple & concrete examples of how our #COVIDー19 network #exitstrategy can move from mathematical simulation models to real life examples – see https://t.co/KRbf3nxyAq (pages 14-16) @block_per But I break it down here….
Science lessons should teach evolution, not creationism. I've signed @Humanists_UK's petition with David Attenborough to tell the @WelshGovernment to ban teaching creationism as science. Please join me and sign it too → https://t.co/GZESRJhPcC
What do you get if you remix Doughnut Economics with Extinction Rebellion? Find out in this powerful & pithy new book. I’m dead proud to have contributed a chapter and I can’t wait to read the rest - an amazing array of authors. @ExtinctionR
Analysis | The day a million species are announced to be on brink of extinction, U.S. says melting ice creates ‘new opportunities for trade’ https://t.co/oXW9nHHh8a
The Government is planning to fund new schools that have 100% religious selection, with thousands of pupils being turned away simply because they don’t share their local school’s religion. This is discrimination. Click the link, and write to your MP today! https://t.co/XFAEOfDW3R
@AngelaDSaini Come to my TED Talk, I mean Voltaire Lecture for @Humanists_UK where I will be dissecting the history of racial pseudo-science, and its return to public life.
https://t.co/UKob5B2EZL
We've teamed up with over 180 of our patrons as well as leading political activists, trade unionists, religious leaders, and campaigners to make a high-profile intervention on faith schools in today's Sunday Times. https://t.co/8kf0V8cWc0
@PessimistsArc Love your stuff! Could you tell me please which paper this is from? If it's by Orestes Augustus Brownson, he was born in 1803 - unlikely he'd have written this at age 10, but maybe it's a different O.A. Brownson?