Category: Articles
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USA global business talent tests? Rather no. China could be a competitor
We have IQ tests that are deeply ingrained in mainstream science. We also have creativity tests, but there is also EQ (emotional intelligence), which I wouldn’t dare to call intelligence (intelligence is a very general ability to solve problems). But why did the psychometricians not develop tests on whether someone can be a great businessman,…
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Elon Musk, evolutionary psychology and why we are obsessed with famous people?
As I have found this topic untouched by evolutionary psychology (please correct me if I am wrong), I will offer my amateurish view. People love to stock and read hundreds of books about famous people. They want to be just like them, want to be close to them and gain their attention. The hunger-gathering groups…
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Philosophy should stop talking about free will. It is none of its business
Philosophy couldn’t even come up with its own definition for the thousands of years of its own existence and they school us what definition of free will is. Whom we can imagine when saying the word “philosophy”? For example Willard Van Orman Quine, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Bertrand Russell, and even Martin Heidegger. Everything can be…
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Hip-hop music to the detriment of the African-American population
In the USA, African-Americans are discriminated against everywhere it is possible but sadly the African-Americans have got addicted to Hip-hop music. So instead of showing the system that they can resist its oppression by studying to be engineers, scientists or politicians, building their strong willpower and hard work ethic, they listen to the genre that…
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Is the Czech culture really Slavic? We have no clue
I always hear the Czech culture is Slavic with a strong German influence. I can’t deny that the Czech language is Slavic. It same goes for some folk habits. There is no doubt. However, when you want to prove some causation, you must at least use some factor analysis. And how do you prove some…
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These liars offer you the 2-dimensional political spectrum. Here’s the reality
This is my modest suggestion on how the multidimensional spectrum should look like. But, of course, politicians and lobbyists are adamant. More redistribution/Less redistributionLiberal/ConservativeAnti-consumerism/ConsumerismTens of percent of GDP investing in science/Little investment in scienceTrillions of dollars for building whole countries/Little aidComplex grasp of what surplus value is and how to change the constellation of the…
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The USA is a parody of capitalism
You would expect that the ring-wing-aligned US has proper, not malformed capitalism. Not only that it doesn’t give equal opportunities but the majority of the market and important branches of the economy are in the hands of the super-rich that control the country politically. Such political and economic deformity cannot lead to correct market mechanisms…
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Can AI make new human genes that may make John von Neumann look stupid?
AI can enhance the human brain technologically but can it also find what genes are responsible for intelligence or perhaps invent new genes? In my opinion, the answer is yes. It would not only be suitable to keep pace with rapidly developing AI but also a vital step to make society smarter. One of the…
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Paedo-psychiatry – total neglect vs. over-prescription
One of the few phenomena the US and Europe share is the enormously tragic state of paedo-psychiatry. I am a victim of it myself. My moderate depression, strong anxiety, OCD and stuttering, emotional flattening, autism and personality disorder were horribly neglected. I am wondering whether the appointments were worth it at all. But then we…
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Dear super-rich, give $2 trillion and 6 million children will see daylight without parents having to pay a dime
If the super-rich gave “only” 2 trillion, 6 million children would see daylight without parents having to pay for the care. The statistics are derived that an average cost of a child per year is $17,375. And parents paying the checks for 20 years. And not to mention that even lesser support would make even…