Tag: culture
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Czechs and Germans: A shared border, two civilizations
Czechs and Germans live side by side. They share hundreds of years of history. They often work in the same firms, drive across the same borders, and belong to the same European structures. Yet in behavior, politics, language, and everyday life, they come from different mental planets. One thrives on structure. The other escapes it.…
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How can we scientifically measure culture?
Culture is one of the most powerful yet elusive forces shaping human behavior. It guides our values, language, dress, morality, habits, and ambitions. Yet despite its abstract nature, modern science has developed many sophisticated tools for measuring it. Culture is not only observable—it is quantifiable. Across disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, and neuroscience,…
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IQ vs culture
IQ is the “g factor” and this is it. While this bears the core truth, we also have mental strategies that stem from our cultural background. The topic of IQ vs culture is really broad and while we should not forget the core concept, we must approach such strategies that make Czech top managers versus…
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Mental illness and genius
For a start, I do not mean myself, as I am just an average author and blogger. I have in mind people who have made enormous contributions to science and the arts. This interconnected problem has troubled the world for a long time. So, how are mental illness and genius connected? Where did the notion…
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Some cultures are superior
After the horrible pseudoscientific theories that there is a superior German race which derives its attributes from some non-sense innate features, this doesn’t get much talked about. The difference is with human cultures. And only a few cultures are superior. Not only socioeconomic background shapes the way cultures are made. These are the distinct cultures that make…
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Lesser evil: Definitely USA, not China or Russia
Imperial ambitions, massive hard and soft power, leverage everywhere you go. Good science is about to be made in our country, not elsewhere. Either we economically (thus politically) contain you or we leave you in eternal internal turmoil. It is our currency that should dominate the world. We ensure that technological superiority is ours by…
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Hitler would have shot through his head after having been given the national DNA results
The Nazis have believed in racial theories that were not broadly accepted. Yes, Americans adhered to theories that Italians, Jews, and East Europeans are subhuman, however, even Mussolini didn’t believe in these theories. The Nazis regarded cultures as races. And while Czechs or Poles really have some parts of Slavic culture (notably languages) they are…
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Human races as dog races
African-Americans are genetically prone to crime. Hispanics are genetically prone the crime. All of the races differ in their behavior. It is still unbelievable some people connect differences among human races to dog races. So let’s put it straight. Gorillas from the same forest are genetically more distant than the most distant human races on…
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People of color cannot govern their nations. What about Ukraine?
People often say the colored people cannot govern their nations because of their inferior genetics. And while there may be some statistics providing the facts that their level of governance is inferior we should also note the culture plays a major role. Look at Ukraine. This country is not only not ready for democracy but…