The moralising mind-trap
2024-01-23 12:33 This error is about constantly mixing up is and ought.  If someone says it is in a certain way the person is supposed to mean people ought to do something too.  Someone disliking the imagined ought, denies that it is so.
On faulty mirror-thinking
2024-01-18 13:24 People can have such strange ideas about what others think and feel.  One does not have to go so far as to believe in the sameness myth.
On mainstream mass-media
2023-12-25 16:26 There is a reason why I have the word criticism on my list of words and expressions.
The myth of the dangerous milieu
2023-12-24 20:33 Humans are not a particularly aggressive species.  Historically documented hunter-gatherers lie near the average for mammals.  At least if one looks at the risk of being killed by someone of the same species.
Mental problems are real
2023-12-16 17:53 Have you ever tried to explain a problem to someone who has trouble grasping it might be a problem?  In that case you may have been exhorted to do something which would be insufficient.
When emotions are labelled undesirable
2023-12-15 11:01 Some seem to have trouble grasping that emotions are even needed.  In reality they are vital.  Without emotions we would not know on the most basic level what is good for us.  True, one can talk about someone making rational decisions.
Self-control is overrated
2023-12-14 12:26 Something people tend to overestimate is self-control.  Bad habits and thought patterns are supposed to be easy to replace.  If it was that simple, why have they not already done so?
What can we do about paedophilia?
2023-12-13 12:19 I have mentioned before that LGBT people has been mistaken for paedophiles.  To understand the concept of paedophilia one first has to understand the concept of puberty.
What is transsexualism?
2023-12-09 15:34 A transperson is someone who identify with a different gender than the person is born with.  This is not about individuals arbitrarily claiming to be something else.
In defence of homosexuality
2023-12-07 12:29 Unfortunately, there are still plenty of people hostile to homosexuals.  They talk about homosexual behaviour which is supposed to be optional to everyone.