Ideas, opinions, politics, humanities
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IQ business – our tests, our Mensa, our talents
IQ testing did not emerge from neutral scientific curiosity but from administrative necessity. States needed ways to sort populations, armies needed mechanisms to select recruits, schools needed ranking systems, and industrial economies needed predictable human inputs. The tests were deployed before a coherent theory of intelligence existed, which means practice shaped theory rather than theory…
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Human rights violations in the name of religion: Third part
Human rights frameworks protect freedom of religion while simultaneously prohibiting discrimination, violence, and coercion. This dual protection creates a paradox. Religion enjoys legal shielding as belief, yet often operates as a source of harm when belief transforms into authority. The contradiction does not sit at the margins of human rights law. It sits at its…
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Human rights violations in the name of religion: Second part
Human rights are built on the idea that every human being possesses inherent dignity regardless of belief, origin, sex, or identity. Religion, by contrast, often claims access to absolute truth derived from divine authority. When these two frameworks collide, religion frequently overrides human dignity rather than adapting to it. This conflict explains why some of…
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Will a New Monroe Doctrine bring peace?
The international system is entering a phase of open instability. Power no longer concentrates in one center, nor does it move predictably through established institutions. Instead, it fragments across regions, alliances, and competing economic blocs. The West still possesses enormous military, financial, and technological advantages, yet its ability to shape outcomes has clearly diminished. At…
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Atheists talking to believers who are certain Christ existed
This conversation rarely starts as a historical discussion. Instead, it almost always begins as a defense of identity, which is why it collapses so quickly. On social media especially, belief in Jesus no longer functions as a claim about the past. Rather, it works as a moral badge, a sign of belonging, and a psychological…
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Should Japan change its way and get militarized?
At first glance, the question sounds radical. Japan symbolizes pacifism, restraint, and postwar humility. However, this image hides a deeper historical and structural reality. Japan did not begin the twentieth century as a passive or backward country. On the contrary, it entered the Second World War as a fully modern, industrialized military power, fundamentally different…
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Where the next Richard Dawkins will come from?
Public culture prefers comforting myths. It likes to believe that influential intellectuals emerge spontaneously, driven only by talent and courage, and that truth alone forces society to listen. However, once one examines how visibility, legitimacy, and authority actually form, that story collapses. Intellectual prominence does not emerge naturally. Institutions produce it. Consequently, the next Richard…
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The importance of secular charities
Charity reveals how a society understands dignity. It shows whether help exists as a human obligation or as a conditional reward. In a secular framework, charity starts from a simple premise. People deserve help because they are human. Not because they believe correctly, not because they submit morally. Not because they accept ideology. A secular…
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Raising children in a secular household
Raising children in a secular household does not mean raising them in a moral vacuum. On the contrary, it means grounding upbringing in reality rather than revelation. It means starting from what we can know, test, observe, and revise. Instead of outsourcing authority to the supernatural, parents take responsibility themselves. They explain, they justify. They…
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The American global geopolitical downfall
The decline of American global power is often described in cultural or political terms. Commentators focus on polarization, elections, leadership failures, or social conflict. While these factors matter at the surface level, they do not explain the structural shift in global power. The core mechanism of decline lies elsewhere. It lies in capital flows, financial…