The Human Race
This is the way we must define humans. We can all interbreed. It has nothing to do with ability to speak or even to use tools and fire. If we start thinking that way, we know where it leads.
best work
the stuff everybody seems to like, or are useful references.
The Magician, the Artisan, China, The West, and the Scientific Revolution.
There is one very valuable and unique thing which western civilization has given the world. That is, the scientific revolution. This enabled the huge advance in technology and standard of living which most of the world now enjoys.
After Israel
Israel has no right to exist. No national state does. Only humans have rights. States come in and out of existence all the time.
Israel is ending. A state of Palestine is coming into existence. The process will be long, messy and unpredictable.
About Political Personalities
I find six of these personality types, as defined for purposes of explaining political participation and motivation. They divide first of all into ideological and normal people. Then you have the conservative, moderate, and progressive casts of mind.
The Heroic Hand
January 18, 2023
An essay on the human mind, body and species
I have been looking at a lot of my old writings and considering reblogging a lot of it. I also have some term papers from some university courses I did. Below is one I think is particularly good.
Covid and Hanlan’s Razor
January 19, 2023
Malice and incompetence usually go together, not apart.
Many of us have heard the maxim; “never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by mere stupidity or incompetence.” This has probably been stated in one way or other from the beginning of writing. It has been
The Fun Topic of Historical Linguistics
January 19, 2023
The Indo Europeans; where they came from, where they went, why it matters.
I have been hanging around internet discussion boards that deal with the present geopolitical situation. This often gets into the ideas various ethnic nationalisms have about themselves and their origins. Most have no scientific