Category: Articles
-
Bullying and hazing from an evolutionary psychology viewpoint
Bullying appears in every culture and every era. It repeats because it comes from ancient instincts, not from modern corruption. Early humans lived in small groups where hierarchy shaped survival. People watched every gesture and reacted to every dominance cue. Even now bullying emerges wherever groups form. Schools, armies, prisons, corporations, and digital spaces repeat…
-
The Post-Holocaust philosophical theology
The Holocaust broke the old religious world. It killed the illusion of a God who protects the innocent. It destroyed the belief that history unfolds under divine supervision. And it forced every serious thinker to confront an evil so engineered that older doctrines fell apart instantly. Earlier centuries tolerated contradictions inside theology. They allowed people…
-
Death penalty has no place: Freethinkers destroyed it
Freethinkers always challenge inherited dogma. They question every ritual, every ancient punishment, and every sacred justification for violence, they look at the death penalty and see a leftover from tribal thinking. They see fear, anger, and superstition shaping a policy that kills people. Freethinkers reject execution because they value reason, evidence, dignity, and moral responsibility…
-
Rationality vs algorithms: X must stop feeding delusion
X rewards emotion over logic. Therefore religious content floods the feed every hour. People worship a founder who likely never existed, and they do it with absolute certainty. They write as if myth were fact. They celebrate stories that collapse under the weight of evidence. Yet the algorithm keeps pushing more of it. It pushes…
-
The ancient tribal instincts behind political polarization
Political polarization did not begin with modern politics. It began in the deep past. Humans evolved inside small tribes where loyalty meant survival and disloyalty meant danger. Because of that, our brains still react to politics as if we lived in hostile plains filled with rival clans. Therefore modern polarization is not rational disagreement. It…
-
Why the rich fear intelligent poor
The rich do not fear the poor as a whole. They fear the poor who think clearly. They fear people who understand patterns, decode systems, and question every layer of power. Rich families know that intelligence without resources creates pressure, ambition, and danger. Therefore they fear the poor who see through illusions, because those people…
-
What children instinctively know: Pure evolutionary psychology
Children reveal the deepest layers of human nature. They act before culture reshapes them. They respond to the world with instincts older than civilization. Their reactions expose the evolutionary psychology we still carry inside our minds. Children read hierarchy, alliances, resources, threats, and reputation with astonishing accuracy. They know who matters inside a group, they…
-
Intelligence is not enough: You must learn how to use it
Intelligence does not guarantee good thinking. Intelligence gives potential, but potential does not create mastery. Psychologists repeat that people must learn how to use intelligence. They say that raw IQ means nothing without attention, awareness, and method. This raises an uncomfortable question. Will the brain allow you to use the intelligence you have? Or will…
-
Freethought and the neuroscience of belief
Freethought begins in the brain. It does not start with atheism, philosophy, or rebellion. It starts with understanding how neural circuits create conviction. The brain evolved for quick decisions, not for truth. It rewards certainty and punishes doubt. It embraces tribal loyalty and rejects unfamiliar facts. Therefore freethinking does not fight religion alone. It fights…
-
How art and literature have supported freethinking
Art and literature always push people away from obedience. They show new angles, they break illusions. They challenge systems that rely on fear, shame, and silence. Every religion, monarchy, and authoritarian regime knows this truth. That is why rulers monitor artists with more paranoia than they monitor merchants. They understand that a single painting or…