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Maximus Thaler

is a PhD candidate at Binghamton University studying cultural evolution.

Maximus is a PhD candidate at Binghamton University studying cultural evolution (Wilson Lab). His work focuses on the organismality of intentional communities, in collaboration with the Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Maximus is an activist - founder of The Gleaners' Kitchen and the Genome Collective. He's written a cookbook and runs the EvoS Seminar Series Youtube channel.

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December 10, 2018

Can Evolution Be Conscious? Introducing a Collection of Commentaries Published on This View of Life

To make the concept of conscious evolution fully respectable again, TVOL is pleased to feature this collection of commentaries by leading evolutionary scientists and philosophers.

Commentaries

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January 2, 2018

What Does it Mean to be Multicellular?

By studying the transition to multicellularity in a controlled laboratory setting, scientists can gain detailed insight into how these transitions might have occurred in the past.

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December 29, 2017

One Man’s Selfishness is Another Man’s Altruism

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December 25, 2017

How to Evolve a Religion

Religious naturalists understand that science and religion aren’t opposed ideologies, rather, both are valuable ways of thinking that allow us to navigate an immeasurably complicated world.

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December 22, 2017

The Chain That Links Science to Story

Evolutionary theory offers a remarkably rich and beautiful story about how we came to be, but as of yet this story has not been told compellingly enough to reach beyond the halls of academia.

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May 16, 2017

Holding Hands is More Important Than You Think

It turns out that holding hands with a friend or loved one isn’t just comforting, it actually makes the pain from the shock less painful

Biology

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