Thursday, June 05, 2014
are you ready for nuclear war?
By CNu at June 05, 2014 13 comments
Labels: unspeakable
a metaphor for how we explain acts of violence?
Misogyny? Hollywood representations of college hedonism? Or, wait—were we focusing too hard on the psychology of a maniac? Whatever the precise mix of factors ultimately was, everyone on the Internet had a different theory. The #YesAllWomen hashtag proliferated across Twitter like a house fire, situating Rodger on a sexist continuum that drew in everyday examples: being catcalled, being groped at a bar. As a productive and necessary conversation unfolded, and a lot of men woke up to the realities of misogyny, others asked whether there wasn’t something unseemly in how writers were shaping the tragedy, reducing its convolutions to tidy arguments about pet causes. And then more people countered that these arguments matter.
By CNu at June 05, 2014 0 comments
Labels: magical thinking , monkey see - monkey do , quorum sensing?
the slender man
We didn't want to go, we didn't want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time…
1983, photographer unknown, presumed dead.
One of two recovered photographs from the Stirling City Library blaze. Notable for being taken the day which fourteen children vanished and for what is referred to as “The Slender Man”. Deformities cited as film defects by officials. Fire at library occurred one week later. Actual photograph confiscated as evidence.
1986, photographer: Mary Thomas, missing since June 13th, 1986.[4]
By CNu at June 05, 2014 0 comments
Labels: individual vs. collective , magical thinking , monkey see - monkey do , quorum sensing?
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
where business interests ARE political interests...,
We have been in New York since before the turn of the century, because
we regarded this city as the center of business and industry.
But the thing that affects business most today is government. The
interrelationship of business with business is no longer so important
as the interrelationship of business with government. In the last several
years, that has become very apparent to us.[1]
By CNu at June 04, 2014 8 comments
Labels: 2parties1ideology , Living Memory , Pimphand Strong
the memo that spawned right-wing think tanks, lobbies, and the contemporary "corporations as persons" movement...,
By CNu at June 04, 2014 0 comments
Labels: corporatism , egregores , Living Memory , paradigm , partisan
lying without opposition: reagan's veto of the fairness doctrine laid the groundwork for the partisan peasant right wing...,
By CNu at June 04, 2014 0 comments
Labels: Living Memory , partisan , presstitution , propaganda
what about the ratings agencies? REDUX (originally posted 6/23/13)
Man, are they ever. And a lot more than even the least generous of us suspected.
By CNu at June 04, 2014 0 comments
Labels: banksterism , Collapse Crime , global system of 1% supremacy
a little living-memory, partisan, political dot-connecting to get you through the hump...,
Why the Republican National Debt is $12 Trillion |
By CNu at June 04, 2014 0 comments
Labels: just-us , Living Memory , partisan , propaganda , What IT DO Shawty...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
calling an ordinary problem a "disease" leads to bigger problems
By CNu at June 03, 2014 27 comments
Labels: common sense , institutional deconstruction
internet addiction?
By CNu at June 03, 2014 0 comments
Labels: addiction , dopamine , helplessness
Monday, June 02, 2014
hitler attempted that dog-breeding approach...,
By CNu at June 02, 2014 18 comments
Labels: Genetic Omni Determinism GOD
islam INFINITELY preferable to these backward-assed lynch mobs...,
By CNu at June 02, 2014 0 comments
Labels: killer-ape , the wattles , theoconservatism
Saturday, May 31, 2014
understanding creationism
During my tenure as an active young-earth creationist, I never once heard other creationists accurately describe what evolutionary theory is or how it is supposed to work. Nor did I understand it myself. Creationists often seem familiar with a lot of scientific terminology, but their understanding is filled with gross misinformation. Thus, a host of misconceptions is believed and taught throughout creationist circles, making it almost impossible for actual evidence to really sink in.
There are plenty of comprehensive lists of creationist claims with exhaustive refutations, such as the TalkOrigins archive. Rather than try to replicate those, I will attempt to explain why creationist claims persist in the face of contrary evidence, even when individuals are otherwise well-educated. To do so, I’m going to go over the major areas where creationists get the science itself completely wrong. My list doesn’t represent all such misconceptions, of course. These are the misconceptions I personally recall hearing or using myself. I’ve chosen not to provide specific examples of each misconception from the creationist literature, though they are all easy to find. Citations for my explanations can be found online by anyone who wants to see them; this series is not about any particular facts so much as it’s about how false beliefs are used to support false conclusions.
By CNu at May 31, 2014 22 comments
Labels: the wattles
dna doesn't determine race, society does...,
By CNu at May 31, 2014 0 comments
Labels: Genetic Omni Determinism GOD
the gene is obsolete...,
By CNu at May 31, 2014 0 comments
Labels: Genetic Omni Determinism GOD
Friday, May 30, 2014
inclusive banksterism...,
By CNu at May 30, 2014 3 comments
Labels: banksterism , comedy gold , just-us , play-at-your-level , quorum sensing?
of course the uk gettin it in...,
By CNu at May 30, 2014 0 comments
Labels: banksterism , contraction , Peak Capitalism
sprezzatura...,
By CNu at May 30, 2014 0 comments
Labels: banksterism , contraction , Hanson's Peak Capitalism
Thursday, May 29, 2014
in most countries, theft is the primary driver of inequality...,
By CNu at May 29, 2014 7 comments
Labels: psychopathocracy , The Great Game
planet-scouring trajectory of unsustainable compound "growth"...,
By CNu at May 29, 2014 0 comments
Labels: Peak Capitalism , What IT DO Shawty...
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