by Omar Meriwani | Jun 27, 2016 | Philosophy
Memes are units of cultural inheritance, like genes. But they represent an evolutionary approach for understanding the mind, culture, and language. Richard Dawkins put his memes (memetics) theory in 1976, and it has been one of the unique ideas that tried to create a...
by رمزي محمد | Jun 21, 2016 | Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology
Evolutionary Puzzle of Suicide: when would you kill yourself? In our world, there is nothing worse than killing. And the most terrible thing is a man killing himself. Some might say enthusiastically: “Why didn’t natural selection eliminate a lot of physical and...
by Omar Meriwani | Jun 8, 2016 | Superstition
The scientific reason behind the rejection of evil eye as superstition, especially the belief that someone envies you, can be explained as a result of people’s submission to the effects of rumors without testing or questioning their validity. When someone is known for...
by Omar Meriwani | Mar 28, 2016 | Superstition
Iraqi people in Arab areas are used to what they call “crackling harmal” which they believe it can protect the evil eye dangerous, the reason behind it’s popularity could, however, go beyond superstitions to the hallucinogenic effects of Peganum Harmala Ancient Greeks...
