Deals are made to be broken. The enforcement of the prisoner's dilemma always leads to the worst result, not the best. there is no solution except to ...
I need to introduce to some people here, the notion of "social collapse". There are 'preppers' out there getting ready for it. There are billionaires ...
We are not mere individuals; we are a community of the willing. I claim that making the argument is the first and most important act. Here is the econ...
I'm curious about the logic here. "We" have high wages, environmental and safety standards, etc, and that means we cannot compete on equal terms with ...
Folks can learn to behave better in contentious threads, and if higher standards are applied, the threads will change for the better. It is not inevit...
Thank you for that revelation. This was your question that I wanted you to answer, since you didn't like my response very much. And a cultural change ...
It might be agreeable to translate "res cogitans" as "understanding"instead of using the term, "substance" however qualified, since they are identical...
Well that's an interesting gloss. so they probably do want kids, but ... their position in the world, or the condition of the world is such that they ...
I would think rather that people are disinclined to have children because they feel helpless to prevent the approaching disasters, rather than they ar...
Old people like me will not benefit much; the young will benefit, and their offspring. People with money will have to pay, again that's not me, by and...
Sir, you exaggerate! I haven't finished a first skim, but it is a heroic effort. I find myself largely in agreement with your conclusions, though I ar...
Economic and business groups are starting to think yes. Some of us have been saying it for a long time. https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/policies-...
But you are asking what reasons there could be for hiding an after- or other- life. It could equally be in terms of Greek or Roman gods playing tricks...
In relation to Chinese thought, this is rather like asking a computer scientist which things are 1 and which are 0. And if they cannot tell you, it's ...
I have an account of such, in the process of identification. I am told that I am a boy, and that big boys don't cry; therefore I must learn not to cry...
On the general topic of prehistory, mythology, language development, and such, I commend to you all The White Goddess by Robert Graves, who also wrote...
Citations? I can't find much, myself. https://ehs.org.uk/the-origins-of-political-and-property-rights-in-bronze-age-mesopotamia/ Nothing much for Brit...
Yes I agree with you, there were some careless comments there. It's a video, not a scientific paper. But then I don't think anyone is suggesting we ar...
Can you actually make that argument rather than asking us to assume it? Suppose instead that cultures are in a prisoner's dilemma situation such that ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j8PN32sqi4 Recent article from LiveScience: Ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is cr...
We've been frequenting the same library! We are (hopefully) in transition, and not all at the same speed, so all these hypocrisies and contradictions,...
I don't know what you don't know. If I have said something you disagree with, based on the article you linked, then perhaps you can clarify, taking ac...
Frank's link. It suggests very strongly a matrilineal society at least, and in such a system a man's loyalties are to his sister's children, not to th...
I can certainly plead guilty there; I don't like writing, so I try to be brief, and make every word count. Also on this topic my thinking is unconvent...
It seems you're not alone there. I'm not sure if my thoughts are too complex or merely incoherent. But can you see the commonality between the 2 quote...
Yes, I was pointing out the rather strange way that supposedly naturally dominant men complain about being dominated by their inferiors. Must be them ...
You misunderstand me. Women prefer gang members. They don't choose pretty boys, they choose fighters. Women have bloodlust; look at the audience for m...
Here some illustrations of the general thesis that masculinity is defined by women. It is not even controversial in bio-evolutionary circles; the mati...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4IWcApbhhU Scientific article: phys.org from March 11, 2025 Permian mass extinction linked to 10°C global temperature...
Here is a natural inequality: a woman knows her own offspring with a certainty that a man cannot match. This much is inescapable biology, that any soc...
Every tale demands a suspension of disbelief; every game requires an acceptance of made up rules. every mathematical construction begins with axioms. ...
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