Snake Cults and Recent Evolution with Stetson
A friendly debate with a geneticist on when we became human, the nature of science on substack, and the recent Reich Lab paper
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Mind and Mythos with Dan Ackerfeld
Death, rebirth, models of self, snakes, and the DSM
November Subscriber Post
Finger removal, the Bayesian Conspiracy, and Vikings in Mexico
The Origins of Human Consciousness with Dr. Tom Froese
Snake Venom and the Ritualized Mind Alteration Hypothesis
The Love Symposium
AI, Dating Apps, and the Future of Relationships with Matthew Fisher
NotebookLM on the Eve Theory of Consciousness
Are we past AI slop?
Review: The Magic Wife
Some pitfalls of long-range comparative mythology
Overview of articles to date
A guided tour of Vectors of Mind
Pygmy Eve Peeps God
A people in the Congo explain why God no longer speaks to them
September Subscriber Post
The labyrinth, the squatter, and the ancient enemies
When Do Geneticists Believe the Human Brain Evolved?
Reflections on David Reich's recent interview and preprint
Joseph Campbell’s view of myth
An evolutionary algorithm to push the right developmental buttons
Chatbots will be therapists
Wisdom too cheap to meter
Lucifer in Myanmar
An indigenous creation myth echoes Genesis
Genesis in Togo
Wherein God grants the serpent medicine with which to bite man
August Subscriber Post
Join my retreat for snake enlightenment (it's just a petting zoo)
Y-Chromosome Haplogroup A00: Archaic Introgression or Deep Human Lineage?
A deep dive into Y-chromosome haplogroup A00, the oldest known human paternal lineage. We explore its discovery, its shocking age, and the debate over whether it represents a 'ghost' archaic …
The Bullroarer: a history of man’s most sacred ritual object
Mystery cults worldwide say the instrument is the voice of god, once belonged to women, was stolen by men, and use it to turn boys into men through a process of death and rebirth
Review: Supernatural Selection
How religion evolved
EToC as a Gene-Culture Evolution of Recursive Attention
A reframing of the Eve Theory of Consciousness (EToC) as a gene–culture coevolutionary process that produced recursive, self-referential attention, leading to a phase transition in human …