Human Nature -- David Berlinski

<p>Conventional 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. <em>Human Nature</em> 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.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> David Berlinski<br><b>Publisher:</b> Discovery Institute<br><b>Published:</b> 11/11/2019<br><b>Pages:</b> 330<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.07lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.74d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781936599714<p></p>