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 weakness in his claim.
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.
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 chattel slavery was still widespread.
What chattel slavery meant in practice
2023-09-22 12:13 There seem to be some confusion between indentured servitude and chattel slavery.  Slaves are called “indentured servants” and indentured servants are called “slaves”.
Experiences they could not have made
2023-09-20 10:43 It has been pointed out that different countries have different cultural heritages.  This can explain Christian Fundamentalists condemning the inevitable.
Why treat sexuality an evil option?
2023-09-18 10:51 Christian Fundamentalists have a tendency to label normal human sex drive evil.  I think this idea was originally made up by individuals seeing no possibility of ever getting sex themselves.
Unwarranted assumptions of sameness
2023-09-16 16:29 The ideas listed below have actually been used as arguments for Creationism, particularly Young Earth Creationism.  The trouble is they are formulated as if everyone’s mind could be presupposed to work essentially like one’s own.
The sameness myth
2023-09-14 11:25 When one’s own mental characteristics are as treated as universal.  Everyone can occasionally commit this error.  When I once did this error and got it pointed out to me, I accepted my error it immediately.
People appearing as live anachronisms
2023-09-13 12:07 What I am talking about are Christian Fundamentalists, particularly in the US.  These are expressing views of and attitudes towards their fellow beings so outdated, their newest ideas seem to be 19th century.