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Tribes and States
Philip Carl Salzman
Tribes have equality and autonomy, but their structure is incompatible with modern democracy. Philip Carl Salzman describes Baluchi lineage groups: closer kin unite to oppose distant kin.
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Doing Mathematics Differently
Gregory Chaitin
Spattering drops of ink, Leibniz intuited that a theory as complex as the data it is supposed to explain is useless. Gregory Chaitin finds the same thing using algorithmic information theory.
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Categories: From Zero to Infinity
Pierre Schapira
Set theory, category theory, and topology. Pierre Schapira explores the concept of identity within category theory, and what it means for the properties to be satisfied only up to homotopy.
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The Nuclear Reaction
Michael Fumento
A range of factors make nuclear power the best choice for electricity production. Michael Fumento musters the economic, environmental, and physical arguments to favor nuclear over wind and solar.
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The Rediscovery of the Neolithic
Shawn Witkowski
Trajectoires is a Neolithic archaeology lab at the University of Nanterre in France. Shawn Witkowski outlines its history and politics, focused on the work of Jean-Paul Demoule and his team.
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Good for Nothing
George Scialabba
Perhaps not the Fifth Horseman of the New Atheism, but still persuasive: George Scialabba reviews Faith Versus Fact by Jerry Coyne, a new contribution to the debates over science versus religion.
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The Mother Lode
The Editors
Low entropy and humor, misreporting public health, superflares from another sun, under-reflected upon features of philosophy, when conspiracies fail, the purpose of hands, settled science, and more.
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The Beginning of the Universe
Alexander Vilenkin
The BGV theorem shows the universe must have had a beginning. Alexander Vilenkin describes the theory of quantum creation, and how the universe could have a beginning and also be uncaused.
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Consciousness
Arthur Cody
Describing consciousness is hard. Can we characterize our experiences as thinking beings? Arthur Cody says no, but argues for the importance of the feelings that authorize us to initiate actions.
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