What is conflicting goals?
2023-03-30 13:20 It means different people wanting different things.  Of cause, it happens people want the same thing.  But you can’t presuppose this to always to be the case.
In defence of migrationism
2023-03-24 11:41 This is not about promoting migration.  Instead, this is about migration as explanation for the spread of agriculture.  Historically this idea has been associated with racism.
Which differences there are evidence for
2023-03-22 13:55 I have previously pointed out that human nature is the same everywhere.  This of cause does not mean we have not evolved at all.  Naturally there are differences in physical characteristics between different parts of the world.
Human nature changes too slowly
2023-03-22 13:36 What you need to know about human evolution is how long generation time we have.  Genetic scientists count 25 years as a human generation.  This is the average difference in age between parents and children over many societies.
The demands of the original human society
2023-02-16 16:55 It is problematic to think physical strength was crucial to human survival.  If the original condition demanded this, how could we succeed the Neandertals?  They had markedly larger muscles than we.
The myth of our evil nature
2023-01-31 13:51 I once heard an American saying “nature is evil”.  Now this was eavesdropped out of context.  But I can’t help seeing this as a symptom of just how out of touch with the natural world too many Americans have become.
On social incompetency
2023-01-26 13:25 A far too large fraction of humanity holds severe misconceptions about what others can and want.  It is one thing to live in a society where you can’t learn to know others.
Growing up as part of a modern, Western society
2023-01-24 14:30 Of cause your parents matter emotionally provided they took care of you.  But I did not grow up with them and my two years younger brother as only points of reference.
The myth of the omnicompetent individual
2023-01-20 12:50 The belief that one is capable of correctly judging anything one comes into contact with.  To me people believing this seem to have too high self-esteem.