Decay permeates the known universe, but brief sparks of energy and life dance within its embrace.
Posts under ‘Darwinism’
Social determinism is the new alchemy
When modern society treats all human populations as a uniform mass of generic hominids, we have secular universalism. Diverse value systems that do not fit this generic hominid fantasy are then invalidated as idiosyncracy, bad manners, superstition, even criminality.
“Unlike Hobbes, Locke believed that natural law dictated that all human beings were fundamentally equal; he derived [...]
The racial people cop out on caste
OK, thought-provoking post from my favorite (to read) far-right group, the American Renaissance:
The situation was otherwise in Eurasia, where large game was a dietary staple. Bringing down a cornered mastodon takes cooperation, with each man in his assigned position, ready to respond to shouted instructions. There must be jointly acceptable rules for dividing the kill. [...]
Abortion and neo-eugenics
When your fear rules you, you get worse consequences than you would have by facing what you fear.
Abortion terrified us, because if the death of a fetus becomes a casual option, maybe life is not sacred after all.
Eugenics terrified us, because if someone doesn’t make the cut, maybe there will be mission creep and we [...]
Modern people can’t face shades of grey
Cocktail party conversation, the natural camouflage of the dramatic ego, often ends with: “I just can’t see it that clearly. I believe this issue is not black and white, but in shades of gray.” It sounds so lovely, a way of defending ourselves against the finality of judgment we come to expect from nature “red [...]
30 Minute Presentation on Overpopulation
Worth checking out:
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Linear thinking makes you a blockhead
I enjoy about half of what David Brooks writes. But sometimes, he just gets it wrong.
Some people live in romantic ages. They tend to believe that genius is the product of a divine spark. They believe that there have been, throughout the ages, certain paragons of greatness — Dante, Mozart, Einstein — whose talents far [...]
Bad science: nurture advocacy
In the nature versus nurture debate, bad science proliferates. This is because the nature side argues that an individual’s abilities are determined mostly by biology; the nurture side argues that an individual’s abilities are determined mostly by access to social resources. Obviously, nurture will be infinitely more popular to a crowd.
We’d all like to think [...]
Austin: liberal paradise
This place tries so hard to be tolerant, it becomes the parasite:
Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report.
Eight of the nine patients have drug abuse problems, seven [...]
Anti-racism for Conservatives
The principle of conservatism is that we conserve, or protect and nurture, the good things in life.
What’s good generally doesn’t change through the years. We will always like brave, honest, forthright, honorable, gentle, assertive, intelligent, healthy, attractive and morally upright people. We will also always like the great works of culture from ancient Rome [...]