Logan Chipkin, Author at Areo

Politics

Progressivism and Conservatism: Beyond the Labels

The words progressive and conservative have at least three distinct meanings: their generic definitions, the political ideologies to which the words correspond, and the lifestyles they imply. These are all…

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7 min

Did the Catholic Church Give Birth to Science?

Historically, the creation of ideas has been a messy process. Knowledge has not usually been delivered as an immaculate gem, but as a needle in a grubby haystack of wrong…

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5 min

Politics

In Defence of Ideology

The term ideological is often slung about as if it were an insult. It typically implies that a person is set in her ways, or dogmatic. It also implies that…

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5 min

Science & Tech

People and the Cosmos: Constructor Theory

It seems that, as soon as our ancestors could afford to, they added a spiritual dimension to their existence. Human burial practices are at least 100,000 years old, and religious…

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8 min

Science & Tech

The Marriage between Maths and Reality: An Interview with Graham Farmelo

Dr Graham Farmelo is an award-winning biographer and science writer. Based in London, he is a Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge and a regular visitor at the Institute for Advanced…

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5 min

Psychology

Dogma Is Not Confined to the Cathedral

My fellow nonbelievers, Whether you call yourself an atheist, an agnostic—or even spiritual but not religious—there’s a decent chance that you weren’t raised to accept such a position. Many of…

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7 min

Science & Tech

People, Memes and the History of Evolution

The story of evolution on Earth began at least 3.7 billion years ago, when self-replicating molecules began to compete with each other for survival. These molecules should be thought of…

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6 min

Psychology

Five Lessons from the Trial of Socrates

In 399 BCE, Socrates was on trial on two charges—impiety and corrupting youth. With nearly 2,500 years of hindsight, his self-defense serves as a goldmine of lessons to be learned.…

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11 min

Science & Tech

The Ape That Understood the Universe: Book Review

We humans take so much of reality for granted that it is often difficult to recognize which phenomena even require explanation. This is especially true of human behavior, as Steve…

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Logan Chipkin

Progressivism and Conservatism: Beyond the Labels

Did the Catholic Church Give Birth to Science?

In Defence of Ideology

People and the Cosmos: Constructor Theory

The Marriage between Maths and Reality: An Interview with Graham Farmelo

Dogma Is Not Confined to the Cathedral

People, Memes and the History of Evolution

Five Lessons from the Trial of Socrates

The Ape That Understood the Universe: Book Review

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