About These Thoughts

It is the intention of the posts on this site to collect and espouse a new worldview. There is a new, fairly coherent culture and worldview that is emerging, is here already, and that needs to be given an identity in order to effectively rally people, win them over, and avoid the backsliding into archaeo-mythological… Continue reading About These Thoughts

Science != Policy

There seems to be a thing among those who love to proclaim a love of “science” in everything, that somehow the information from science decides policy. Information from a scientific endeavor does not automatically equate to a mandate for policy. This cultural inclination is all the more worrisome, because it is a reoccurence of the… Continue reading Science != Policy

Don’t Run

There are those people who criticize blacks and others for running from the police. “You only make it worse on yourself when you run.” “If you’d just submit, you wouldn’t get beaten or shot.” And then there are those people who are privacy advocates, if not fanatics. They don’t want a surveillance state. They’re maybe… Continue reading Don’t Run

Loyalty

Loyalty is not a primarily valuable character trait or societal good. It’s understandable that it used to be. Nature wired animals that work together for survival to stick together via loyalty. In a far more simplistic, direct society, more closely facing a daily struggle for survival, a society making simpler decisions about surviving or not,… Continue reading Loyalty

Pronouns

The trend of requesting personal, specific pronouns is completely wrongminded and counterproductive. That is, it is completely wrongminded and counterproductive for general social interaction. To start with, I assume that the overall purpose of the personalized pronouns trend is to not make assumptions; to treat each person with a general respect; to not place upon… Continue reading Pronouns

Soul

The soul is a concept, not a reality. To elaborate, the soul is a human-derived concept. It is not a real thing. It is the same type of thing as an idea, as metadata, as fictional stories written to convey complex ethical dilemmas. It is not real in the way that stones, water, air, or… Continue reading Soul

Absolute Power

People have a saying, “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is a ridiculous saying. I’m sure people don’t really think about the extent to which it might apply. But if we extend it all the way to the only thing people love to think of as the only absolute power, “God”, then we can demonstrate why… Continue reading Absolute Power