Jane Monnig Atkinson tells a typical story of the Wana people of Sulawesi, in South Asia. Two men were camping together when they heard the sounds of ritual drumming, although they were far from any human settlement. Searching, one man found a path that led him straight to the festivities.Continue Reading

If it is heroes you want, then some sort of autocratic government is required, because it will soon become apparent that such a government must needs be overthrown – by heroes! Don’t be fooled Hegelian heroic leaders, where there are few pleasures to be had and everyone sins. Liberal democracy,Continue Reading

Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that the reason a pigeon can navigate home from anywhere, even if he is prevented from “knowing” where he is, is because he is able to sense the magnetic fields which surround the Earth. Well, he didn’t just wake up one morningContinue Reading