Description
Conventional wisdom holds that the murder rate has plummeted since the Middle Ages; humankind is growing more peaceful and enlightened; man is shortly to be much improved--better genes, better neural circuits, better biochemistry; and we are approaching a technological singularity that well may usher in utopia. Human Nature eviscerates these and other doctrines of a contemporary nihilism masquerading as science. In this wide-ranging work polymath David Berlinski draws upon history, mathematics, logic, and literature to retrain our gaze on an old truth many are eager to forget: there is and will be about the human condition beauty, nobility, and moments of sublime insight, yes, but also ignorance and depravity. Men are not about to become like gods.
Author: David Berlinski
Publisher: Discovery Institute
Published: 11/11/2019
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9781936599714
ISBN10: 1936599716
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Essays
- Science | Essays
- History | Essays
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