Rebellion’s first half describes events in the physical sciences that make the stage, curtains, drops, and spots for the scripts of you commonsense. Its second half works from behavior genetics into the absolute necessity for nonconformity, skepticism, and individualism. While most scientific books lay out theories about similarity,this one finds that our particular universe features—and possibly thrives on—variation! This variation, whether in solar systems or in humans who shout “don’t tell me what to do!” may be seen as “noise” or as the most interesting ingredient in whatever it is that we have here. Thus, Rebellion’s cover features schematics of emergent networks, it also features the tattoo of a phoenix between the shoulder blades of a young girl, one who, in her words, gets knocked down a lot and needs a reminder to get back up as herself.
I have also tried here to keep three audiences awake: those of you who a)insist on freedom in a rule-governed universe, b) offer help to your children, students, parishioners, and clients but want an outlook consistent with natural laws, or c) are in school and need to find a thesis topic! Rebellion, therefore, must have some practicality, anchored both to common sense and to research. Those of you who want more of the former will find many suggestions that are embedded in the text; those of you who want more scientific evidence will find that many paths start here.
About Me
- JimB
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- James Brody has a Ph. D. in psychology and has been listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology since 1975. He has written more than a dozen book reviews, most on //www.human-nature.com and found by asking Yahoo or Google for "James Brody, evolution." He has three book chapters and research papers in psychopharmacology, operant conditioning, and clinical applications, including one long ago, in Psychopharmacologia and another, equally long ago, in Nature. (The 1970 paper on serotonin led to 1300 reprint requests, the 1969 paper in Nature to 650.) Brody also pioneered courses for the Cape Cod Institute: "Taking Charge of Your Genes," "Healing the Moral Animal," "Darwinian Feelings and Values," and "Twins and Us" and he involved notables such as Robert Wright, Frank Sulloway, John Pearce, Russell Gardner, and Nancy Segal in the presentations. He has presented at state-wide, national, and international meetings and hosts and contributes regularly to the Evolutionary Psychology forum at http://www.behavior.net/bolforums/forumdisplay.php?s=b5363f96b7b39cb3ae7b3863438ed2b7&f=14 The EP forum has roughly 350,000 visitors per year.