A blog dedicated to the anthropology of alcohol and religion, along with other related topics.
31 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman
It’s kind of funny that with all the technology, different social media platforms out there, and so on, email is still one of the most powerful ways to connect with people online. The centralized nature of email makes it perfect for marketing and com...
27 Sep 2019 3 minute read 5 comments Daniel Goldman
While it’s common to think of our biosphere as consisting of numerous species, biologists have long struggled with figuring out what the hell they mean by the word. But there is a potential definition that works quite well. The Issue It’s a common...
19 Sep 2019 4 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman
A focus on arbitrarily separated fields of study is hindering progress. The solutions to the problems that we face today, and in the years ahead, will be implemented by skilled professionals, but they will be discovered by polymaths. And so, scholars...
18 Jun 2019 3 minute read 2 comments Daniel Goldman
Humans are inherently subjective creatures. We view our world in a very subjective way, and evolution even suggests that we haven’t evolved to view the world as it is. Instead, we rely on heuristics that allow us to make rapid decisions. Unfortunatel...
16 Jun 2019 5 minute read 3 comments Daniel Goldman
I’ve been writing about religion for a while now. It’s an interesting topic. But I find that there’s a lot of misunderstanding surrounding religion, both in terms of how laypeople view it, and even in terms of how scientists approach the topic. Jus...
15 Jun 2019 5 minute read 3 comments Daniel Goldman
There’s a great divide between plants and animals, that seems to only exist within the minds of ignorant humans. Perhaps because humans are themselves animals, they tend to see animals as more like themselves, and therefore give them privileges that...
