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Barack Obama on War and Human Nature

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Mel Konner

Is Barack Obama an evolutionary psychologist?

Since I criticized President Obama’s speech last year in Cairo (and even “rewrote” it) and later pointed out the names and deeds of those who did not get the Nobel Peace Prize because he did, I think it’s only fair that I resume this blog after a long hiatus by writing about his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in December.

I have to say that it stunned me. (more…)

Tags: Darwinian views of violence, evolutionary psychology, human nature, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Obama, Oslo, peace, sociobiology, violence, war
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And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to…

Monday, October 12th, 2009 by Mel Konner

Whatever we think of the choice for this years prize, the runners-up deserve some attention.

Since even Obama reacted with disbelief to the news, saying in effect what everyone else said—that it was based on expectations, not accomplishments—I thought I would look into other nominees who were in effect runners-up.

One was Hu Jia, a Chinese dissident and AIDS activist (more…)

Tags: Ghazi bin Muhammad, Hu Jia, Irena Sendler, Morgan Tsvangirai, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, peace, Piedad Cordoba, Politics
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