Good summary. The following should be reworded. "But extreme altruism — behavior radically focused on the “other” to the severe…
On The Origins of Altruism: My Next Book as It Stands Now
Hi Dr. Ehrman! New subscriber here! Would a similar dynamic be present in the realm of direct quotation? In the…
On Is Matthew Duplicitous in His Reading of Scripture?
I sense a fair amount of frustration with my questions, but that's the first time I've seen you say Acts…
On Was Cephas Peter? The Rest of the Argument
Ok - though I think mountains of evidence are made up of individual instances. But I'll stop asking about them…
On What Does It Actually Mean to “Fulfill” Scripture?
Looks very interesting and possibly very important! Christianity "worked" and still "works" in many ways for a reason, which may…
On The Origins of Altruism: My Next Book as It Stands Now
Bart, I'm excited about your latest book proposal. What about the early ethical thinking in the East? Like Buddhism, for…
On The Origins of Altruism: My Next Book as It Stands Now
Your new book sounds a lot like Tom Holland’s *Dominion* (2019), which makes exactly the same argument. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_(Tom_Holland_book)
On The Origins of Altruism: My Next Book as It Stands Now
Very excited about your new book. In five or six posts at this length you might just have the book…
On The Origins of Altruism: My Next Book as It Stands Now
I'm talking about conditions like the basic forces and constants of nature (especially the fine structure constant) with values that…
On How Do We Fit in the Universe?
"Most people do not understand the difference between the relative pronouns “which” and “that.” My PhD students get it wrong…
On Putting Final Polish on a Bible Translation. Ouch.