Ginta Lapina - Harper's Bazaar UK - January 2014

Photography: Regan Cameron

Stylist: Miranda Almond

Hair: Ali Pirzadeh

Makeup: Florrie White

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Stina Rapp - Vogue Russia - January 2014

Photography: Gilles Bensimon

Stylist: Olga Dunina

Hair: Teddy Charles

Makeup: Christine Corbel

Manicurist: Brenda Abrial

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Katya Riabinkina & Irina Nikolaeva - Vogue Russia - January 2014

Photography: Jason Kibbler

Stylist: Olga Dunina

Hair: Teddy Charles

Makeup: Benjamin Puckey

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Sasha Luss - Vogue Russia - January 2014

Photography: Patrick Demarchelier

Stylist: Olga Dunina

Hair: Neil Moodie

Makeup: Polly Osmond

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Auguste Abeliunaite - Numero - December 2013

Photography: Nick Thornton Jones and Warren du Preez 

Stylist: Franck Benhamou

Hair: Ali Pirzadeh

Makeup: Laura Dominique

Manicure: Zarra Celik

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Hemant Mehta buys what Chris Mooney is selling

Chris Mooney thinks that humans have certain innate tendencies that predispose them to believe in god(s) and reject evolution. That's why there's such a strong correlation between a fundamentalist religious belief and rejection of science, according to Mooney.

These innate tendencies are part of our evolutionary history thus providing an evolutionary excuse explanation of religion. It's interesting that these behaviors seem to tilt in favor of the Judeo-Christian gods and not Buddhist or Taoist philosophy. It's also quite interesting that million and millions of non-believers don't seem to have had any great difficulty "overcoming" their genetic predispositions.

You don't suppose that it could be religious brain-washing education that makes people think teleologically or adopt essentialist perspectives rather than the other way around? And what about dualism? Is that an innate belief or does religion teach you to think you have a soul? Nah, that would be too simple [Why don't people accept evolution?].

Here's Hemant Mehta explaining why people Americans have a natural inclination to believe in god(s) and not in evolution [7 Reasons Why People Believe in God and Don’t Accept Evolution].

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Time magazine's person of the year is Pope what's-his-name! WTF?

It's hard to think of anyone who's more irrelevant to my life or the life of my friends and neighbors. Time has also become irrelevant. PZ Myers asks: Seriously, Time magazine?. Hemant Mehta says, Pope Francis Named Time’s Person of the Year, Despite Not Changing the Direction of the Church. What were the editors of Time thinking? You have to wonder whether this isn't some kind of sick joke.

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