Month: March 2015

culture

The stupid elite

It seems obvious to me that our ruling elite has been getting less and less elite, less and less intelligent, since around 1875, and I have previously produced a great pile of anecdotal data on this subject, for example the endless dumbing down of university entrance tests throughout the twentieth century, the hilarious conversations found …

culture

Ever purer Islam

Once upon a time, there was a Caliphate, and the Caliphate was hereditary. The Caliph had a thousand sons. When his grip weakened, the sons would kill or imprison each other till only one remained, who became the new Caliph. The Caliph was the supreme leader of both Church and State, and any preacher boy …

politics

Racism

“Racist” is just a hate word for white, therefore I am not racist, merely white. I am anti anti racist. “Racist” has multiple, vague, slippery, and shifting definitions. I think it is really bad news to live close to blacks, and property owners should be entitled to protect themselves against what happened to those owning …

science

Power laws in polygyny

When we read that only one man in three reproduced, we tend to imagine two thirds of the men in an underclass detached from society, enslaved, killed, or driven out, and one third of the men forming society, with three wives each. Or you could have two thirds killed in war and the survivors get …

culture

Putin reads Roissy

Putin mysteriously disappears from the press for ten days, then upon reappearance: Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov greeted reporters Monday with sarcastic remarks: “So, have you seen the president paralysed and seized by the generals? He has just come back from Switzerland where he attended the delivery.” Asked if Putin’s condition required treatment by an osteopath, …

culture

Nationalism, whiteness, and kin

B.S. Haldane observed “I would lay down my life for two brothers, four nephews, or eight cousins.” In otherwords, kin altruism does not go far, being pretty much limited to the nuclear family and the extended family. It can be stretched to somewhat larger groups by deliberate inbreeding, by the practice of father’s brother’s daughter …