Category: Articles
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Women’s rights in conservative religious communities
Religious traditions have shaped civilizations, guided morality, and provided meaning for centuries. Yet in conservative religious communities, those same traditions often reduce women to instruments of obedience. They are praised as mothers and caretakers but denied autonomy, education, and voice. The result is a system that calls itself moral but thrives on control. In such…
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The biggest loser of all time? God!
God is praised as the creator of everything. The almighty ruler. The ultimate source of love, goodness, and order. Yet His track record tells a different story. If we judged Him by the world He built, He would be the biggest loser of all time. The planet He supposedly governs has been soaked in blood,…
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No higher purpose: Finding meaning in a purposeless universe
Humans are the only species aware of their own mortality. That awareness makes us different from every other animal. It also drives us insane. The moment we realize that we are going to die, we start inventing stories about why we live. We cannot stand the thought that life has no purpose. Yet nature gives…
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Billionaires and the empire of illusion
Modern society worships billionaires as saviors. They are portrayed as visionaries who will save the planet (Bill Gates), end disease, and colonize Mars (Elon Musk). Their faces appear on magazine covers as symbols of progress and genius. Yet their benevolence is a myth. Behind the spectacle lies a system of control — a fusion of…
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Why we find the past so alluring: An evolutionary explanation
Humans treat history as something magical. They stare at ruins, listen to old songs, and feel emotion for people long dead; they cry over the paintings of wars fought centuries ago. They imagine that life back then was darker, slower, or somehow more meaningful. But that feeling is not based on reality. It is a…
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The everlasting tribalism destroys all
Tribalism never died. It simply evolved. The Israeli–Palestinian conflict proves that humanity still kneels before its oldest instinct — dividing the world into “us” and “them.” What began as a regional war has now turned into a global sickness. Every side, every faith, and every nation projects ancient loyalties onto modern politics. As a result,…
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How banking replaced religion as global power
For centuries, religion ruled the human mind. It shaped laws, justified wars, and promised salvation in exchange for obedience. Priests and monarchs shared the same throne. Then science and reason broke faith’s monopoly. Yet power never disappears—it only changes form. When religion began to decline, another faith quietly rose to replace it. This time, it…
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Psychopaths are less prevalent in higher functions
Psychopathy has long fascinated people. The word evokes images of cold manipulators, brilliant criminals, and emotionless masterminds. Yet the clinical picture is very different. In real life, most psychopaths are not masterminds. They are reckless, impulsive, and short-sighted. They destroy more than they build. Contrary to popular myth, psychopaths are less common among high-functioning professionals.…
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Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence: Innate or evironmental?
Ideas about Ashkenazi Jewish cognitive abilities have roots in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During the rise of scientific racism and eugenics in Europe, some scientists fixated on supposed racial differences in intellect. In this period, even antisemitic theorists speculated that Jews might have distinctive mental traits, sometimes casting Jewish intelligence in a…
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Cognitive biases and fallacies preventing atheism
Religious belief as a cognitive default: Cognitive science research suggests that human minds have innate tendencies that make belief in gods or spirits feel “natural.” In other words, our default mental settings predispose us to religious interpretations of reality. These cognitive biases likely evolved to help our ancestors navigate a dangerous world – for example,…