Integration does not require assimilation
2026-09-11 14:25 I explained in the previous blogpost why forced assimilation can’t be done.  This does not mean integration is impossible.  Cultural standardisation is not needed for a society to work.
Attempts to force away sexuality
2026-09-04 13:12 The oppression of sexuality in the 19th century middle class started with pre-modern monasteries and nunneries.  In practice they functioned as sex-segregated collectives.
Sleep is a physical need
2026-08-29 17:06 Many mammals are now known to have a flexible need for sleep.  However, humanity is not one of them.  Not only have apes found ways to make sleeping-places which are safe from predators.
Why does everyone have to behave the same?
2026-07-31 12:19 Some appear to believe that one can solve problems by forcing people to behave as if they were normal.  Then the external behaviour in and of itself is believed to create inner normality.
People mistaken for an elite
2026-06-12 16:16 There seems to be confusion on who belongs to the “elite”.  The mix-up of different elites play a part in this context.  The three most important types are...
Misaimed CGI-arguments
2026-05-23 15:08 The abbreviation CGI is for computer-generated imagery. Images are as such created with the help of a computer. Things which don’t exist is common to depict this way.
Taking historical figures down to earth
2025-09-30 12:42 Some famous historical individuals are the subject of metaphorical worship by their fans.  Others have paid authors to depict themselves with superhuman characteristics.  In the 19th century people might have believed such descriptions.
African involvement in the Transatlantic slave trade
2025-08-24 19:18 There is an idea of only Europeans having enslaved people from Sub-Saharan Africa.  They are claimed to have raided and kidnapped the locals.  The trouble is the slave trade went on for several centuries.
What is hygiene?
2025-07-31 19:57 Nowadays hygiene is foremost associated with washing and removing. But it may also mean keeping things separate. Such a separation between things is often taken for granted today.
What is genetic engineering?
2025-07-10 18:34 There is a reason why the word genes is linked in the last few blog posts.  A great deal have a wrong idea of what genes are.  I have read about people believing that genes are something artificial added to food.

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