Category: Articles
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What is worse in absolute terms? Holocaust or meat industry?
As we have the financial industry, entertainment industry, technology industry, energy industry, music industry, and construction industry, we have the meat industry and mass genocide industry. Of course, the people who perished in the Holocaust were Jews, Romani people, or culturally Slavic people (and I am not trying to lessen their suffering). Yes, people. However,…
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Sexual intelligence, gaming intelligence? Theory of multiple intelligences and its criticism. A huge embarrassment for the scholar who developed it
The concept of the g factor (IQ) is the very ability to solve very general problems. It strongly correlates with socioeconomic outcomes such as job, educational attainment, but also morbidity and morality. It strongly correlates with talents, creativity and memory abilities. When you can put only two things in your head simultaneously you won’t be…
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Why is impossible for a lot of people to leave their faith?
The truth that all religions are false is nearly (I always want to leave a certain piece of probability; unlike the vast majority of believers) indisputable. Just for starter: evolution (including that religion is a product of it), karma, soul, prayer, creation, Gods, cycle of life, death, and rebirth, or a single, finite earthly life…
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What if Clinton had won? More democracy and a more peaceful world
Don’t get me wrong! The Clintons were political predators who destroyed the careers of tons of politicians. They were (or maybe are) keeping records of enemies they needed to destroy. Needless to say, politics is a cruel discipline, you will get out of the game even though it may be morally completely wrong (from the…
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Nas mnogo? Do Americans cherish life the same way as Russians do?
I was met with plenty of anecdotal evidence that Russian people have a huge disregard for human life: gulags, famines, extrajudicial killings, the Russian Civil War, 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War. They used to say “nas mnogo” (there are plenty of us) which doesn’t require any comment further. One division after division lost without any cry. If…
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Putin is neither a psychopath nor has Asperger’s syndrome
As a person suffering from the disease that belongs to the autistic spectrum myself, I recall the old official American report claiming Vladimir Putin has Asperger’s syndrome. Leave the aspect that the report may have had some side intentions (discredit him in his official ranks etc.) and let’s take a look at the notion itself.…
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My very atypical stance on conspiracy theories
Around 99 % of conspiracy theories are very implausible, made either by people or the secret services themselves. Why the secret services? Because more conspiracy theories are there and the more stupid the given conspiracy theories appear the more unlikely they are being supported. The secret services also support their makers so the bigger the…
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Supersmart AI in 19th century. Human labor could have been eradicated centuries ago
In my culture, they often say you could achieve more, have a better education. It is a pity for the humanity that you have such a job (an underachiever). This cannot be more laughable. It looks like human society is doing everything to improve its condition and scientific achievements. Buying a new mansion, super-duper cars,…
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Do you want to be a top politician? You must be a grand actor or dumb
Imagine a political constellation you can easily use to gain political capital and go up the ladder in politics. But you don’t use it because it would reveal you are smart and all the lobbyists, movers-and-shakers, crooks, super-rich families and lodges would teach you a lesson. One Czech former prime minister (and in my opinion,…
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Big money, secret services and why Wikipedia may not be independent?
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, the founders of Wikipedia, did a terrific thing by not making Wikipedia a big commercial project. They could have been dollar billionaires easily. But they preferred making Wikipedia independent (in their view). Of course, they did not know the hidden political map of the USA. And they luckily crossed the…