RDFRS US:
The mission of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science is to support scientific education, critical thinking and evidence-based understanding of the natural world in the quest to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering.
The Magic of Reality
for the iPad
Sean Faircloth:
Attack of the Theocrats!
J. Anderson Thomson Jr. MD:
why we believe in god(s)
RSS Feeds
When we were becoming homo sapiens, I think hunger was the incentive to find food, thirst was the incentive to drink water, fear was the incentive to fight off predators human and otherwise, and pleasure was the incentive to engage in sexual congress. Artistic incentives are a luxury of the leisure class.
I'm not sure exactly why evolution blessed us with a love of beauty, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't because it kept us from offing ourselves.
Permalink Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:05:29 UTC | #949380