Secrets of the Snake King
The snake detection hypothesis vs an Armenian folktale
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Snake Cult (LessOnline presentation)
An update on the Snake Cult in a new format
The Doomsday Debate
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bots
Memetic Eve Solves the Sapient Paradox
On leaving the uncanney cultural valley of the Stone Age
July Subscriber Post
Help me make a FAQ
How to prompt chatGPT
Some advice from a prompting wizard
Review: Supernatural Selection
How religion evolved
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
August Subscriber Post
Join my retreat for snake enlightenment (it's just a petting zoo)
Genesis in Togo
Wherein God grants the serpent medicine with which to bite man
Lucifer in Myanmar
An indigenous creation myth echoes Genesis
Chatbots will be therapists
Wisdom too cheap to meter
Joseph Campbell’s view of myth
An evolutionary algorithm to push the right developmental buttons
When Do Geneticists Believe the Human Brain Evolved?
Reflections on David Reich's recent interview and preprint
September Subscriber Post
The labyrinth, the squatter, and the ancient enemies
Pygmy Eve Peeps God
A people in the Congo explain why God no longer speaks to them
Overview of articles to date
A guided tour of Vectors of Mind
Review: The Magic Wife
Some pitfalls of long-range comparative mythology
NotebookLM on the Eve Theory of Consciousness
Are we past AI slop?
The Love Symposium
AI, Dating Apps, and the Future of Relationships with Matthew Fisher