Yet as soon as Greece was unified into an empire by a thug – Philip of Macedon in 338 BC – it lost its edge. - Matt Ridley

Few debates in the history of science have been conducted with such stupidity as the one about intelligence.

We assume, and rightly that a Russian is just as human after two generations of oppressive totalitarianism as his grandfather was before him. But why, then, does social science proceed as if it were not the case, as if people’s natures are the products of their societies?

Ecology, like genetics, is not about equilibrium states. It is about change, change and change. Nothing stays the same forever.