Archive for the 'sociobiology'

• Turchin on Human Sacrifice and Society

April 12th, 2016 by zen

Posted in analytic, ancient history, anthropology, Archaeology, blog-friends, ceremonial, complex systems, complexity, cooperation, counterpoint, culture, debate, egalitarianism, history, ideas, intellectuals, ISIS, magic, Musings, myth, politics, population, power, prayer, Prehistoric, psychology, Religion, sacrament, sacred, sacrifice, social science, society, sociobiology, symbolism, T Greer, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 1 comment

• E.O. Wilson on the Evolutionary Origin of Creativity and Art

April 4th, 2013 by zen

Posted in academia, Adaptability, analytic, art, change, cognition, contemplative, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, culture, dreams, e.o.wilson, europe, Evolution, ideas, imaginal, intellectuals, intelligence, nature, nuance / subtlety, Patterns, philosophy, Prehistoric, science, society, sociobiology, Stigmergy, stochastic, Tactics, theory | 16 comments

• Numbers by the numbers: two

July 12th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, mathematics, music, peace, social science, sociobiology, Uncategorized, war | 12 comments

• When Does Conflict Become “War”?

May 22nd, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, classics, Clausewitzian, cognition, complex systems, culture, economics, Epistemology, Evolution, framing, genocide, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, literature, logic, military, military history, Musings, non-state actors, Oligarchy, Patterns, peace, Perception, philosophy, primary loyalties, Questions, risk, security, social science, society, sociobiology, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, theory, tribes, Uncategorized, uncertainty, war, warriors | 10 comments

• The Sociobiological Origins of Beauty

March 6th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, anthropology, attention, brain, cognition, cultural intelligence, culture, Evolution, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, Perception, philosophy, Prehistoric, psychology, science, social science, society, sociobiology, synthesis, TED, theory | Comments Off on The Sociobiological Origins of Beauty