This review is divided into "extended" and "brief" analysis of the book in question. The extended version precedes the brief, which can be found by at the bottom of the text. Minors spoilers are found throughout the extended review. In Ishmael Daniel Quinn uses a charming setup to examine how ...
Here's a tricky little question that came in recently "What biological mechanisms would allow us to keep our population at a level compatible with our food supply?" Elaine. What does he mean by "biological mechanisms"? Daniel. I doubt if he knows himself. I think what he m...
Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m a great lover of the world, which is something quite different. Nature is a figment of the Romantic imagination, and a very insidious figment at that. There simply is no such thing as nature—in the sense of a realm of being from which humans can distin...
I can’t imagine how I could have. At some point during that long, boozy evening, it all became clear to me—but not in a dazzling flash that had to be acknowledged and dealt with right away. It was rather more like a dull, echoing thud, almost a groan, that could be ignored for the time being, bec...