Language is a Political Weapon
Inside the term conspiracy theorist, is there anything specific and solid? Like shared mythology that we have collectively proven not to be true? Or is it a catch-all box for anyone outside of the mainstream narrative? Those conspiracy theories range
New social manners
(unedited written on phone)Not much is written about it and most of us don't notice how social media is deteriorating our manners at an alarming rate. Looking at the photo above it shows a young couple eating while playing with
Moral Evolution: Slavery as a Taboo
We are currently discussing the evolution of human morality. And asking the hard and dirty questions.insights of recent psychological research about moral judgment and motivated reasoning can contribute to historians’ understanding of why large-scale shifts in cultural values occur. Moral
The Rise of the Jack Ass
We dont want fans, we want contemporaries or students.The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract. — Oliver Wendell HolmesSomeone just called us a
Culture does hold us back
Full articleWe were a little wrong about "African culture". Why we got it wrong is just as important as why we got it right.Very few know how to crunch large data and get knowledge from it. You can scan enormous
When AI needs us no more
The problem with AI that you did not think about. We were discussing some philosophical concepts about humans being the only creatures to construct the past and future as interactable realities. (More on this later) But a friend searched this
The Platform for discussing objective morality
Slavery is wrong because slavery is wrong, not just because we happened to be enslaved or because Europeans profited from itDo you see how this guy discussing morality comes up with the same circumstances that we presented years ago? He
Here is one I made before—So follow me
A carpenter on YouTube says he knows how to make cabinets. And his evidence is: "Here is one I made before". He suggests liking and joining his channel because if you follow him, you will get the same results he
Do Not be a floater
You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. -- MatthewNo one gets it 100%, no one
But Hume was a racist…
I read Hume, the Greeks, and Kant. Kant might be a K*nt, but when he was not, he had some very deep things to say. I need that knowledge also. The Greeks did not only influence Western Europe, they also