Understanding Understanding

Interview with an author of a new book about how (and why) humans have evolved to be caring, generous, kind, etc. In the interview he describes the work of a single organ that’s associated with feelings of compassion and similar emotions.

Fascinating article about how various brain processes combine to make humans naturally inclined to “supernatural thinking.”

“A new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they “believe in the theory of evolution,” while 25% say they do not believe in the theory.”