Are We Going to End Up in a Polarized Debate?

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i'm pro choice, but i'm open to talking to prolifers. What are your best arguments? And they have some good arguments. But here it seems like it's never going to be resolved. Science can't say, well, where do you draw the line? Maybe second trimenda, second trimester. It's really a person after that, because it's aviable outside of the womb. Most people get more and more troubled by the possibility of terminating a pregnancy the closer we get to the viability of that fetus. Even the moment of birth is arbitrary in one regard a child. A human child is not self sufficient at birth, right? We could make the same argument

We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these two truths? What’s more, what can we do to close it?

For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of our woes is clear: the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies. The cognitive dissonance spawned by trying to live in a society we’re not built for is killing us.

Heying and Weinstein cut through the politically fraught discourse surrounding issues like sex, gender, diet, parenting, sleep, education, and more to outline a science-based worldview that will empower you to live a better, wiser life. They distill more than 20 years of research and first-hand accounts from the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth into straightforward principles and guidance for confronting our culture of hyper-novelty.