On scientists and pseudoscientists
2023-09-29 10:14 There are people which wrongfully believe themselves to be scientists.  They neither have formal qualifications nor are seen as equals by people with such.  One does not need to have formal qualificat...
The myth of inborn genius
2023-09-28 11:09 I perceive genius as exceptional ability in one’s profession.  Francis Galton claimed this to be hereditary.  In addition to the time period’s primitive knowledge of heritability there is a great weak...
Why the race concept is not meaningful
2023-09-27 11:01 I perceive talk about “human races” as if they are believed to have sharp borders.  Within the “races” people are supposed to be genetically homogenous.  Now I may have been influenced by Swedish havi...
Capitalism does not have to be that bad
2023-09-26 12:50 It is worth noting that no other Western country had chattel slavery as late as the US.  The European ones either never had large scale chattel slavery or had it replaced by serfdom centuries earlier....
Heritage of slavery
2023-09-24 19:35 Chattel slavery was abolished in the US in 1865.  This might sound long ago but has significant influence on current American society.  When early socialists presented the idea of conflicting goals ch...