{"product_id":"human-nature-9781936599714","title":"Human Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eConventional wisdom holds that the murder rate has plummeted since the Middle Ages; humankind is growing more peaceful and enlightened; man is shortly to be much improved--better genes, better neural circuits, better biochemistry; and we are approaching a technological singularity that well may usher in utopia. \u003cem\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/em\u003e eviscerates these and other doctrines of a contemporary nihilism masquerading as science. In this wide-ranging work polymath David Berlinski draws upon history, mathematics, logic, and literature to retrain our gaze on an old truth many are eager to forget: there is and will be about the human condition beauty, nobility, and moments of sublime insight, yes, but also ignorance and depravity. Men are not about to become like gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlinski, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bestselling author David Berlinski holds a PhD from Princeton University and has taught philosophy and mathematics at universities in France and the United States. A Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute, he is the author of such books as The Deniable Darwin, A Tour of the Calculus, The Advent of the Algorithm, Newton's Gift, and The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions. He lives in Paris, France.","brand":"Discovery Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493574218002,"sku":"9781936599714","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e1525a89-1c85-4d09-97d8-27636a46a9fc.jpg?v=1730651823","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/human-nature-9781936599714","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}