As far as we know we’re the only species capable of thinking about ourselves as existing through time, of planning the future, of thinking about what is to come. Yet, despite that, not only through history, but even today we are often in peculiar position of rushing head-first into something, then realizing that was not such a good idea
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“If you can get drunk, get into an accident and then be responsible for the decision to drive, why can’t you be held responsible for agreeing to have sex while drunk? Why is it rape?” Well, let us just THINK about this argument
If you have some disposable income which you might consider donating to a YouTuber or a blogger, please stop and think about it for a bit. By donating it to an effective charity, that money could be used to make a far bigger positive impact in the world.
If you would go by some popular science magazines and conventional wisdom – when it comes to differences between men and women science is settled. We know exactly what the differences are, what are the strong points of being a man and what are the strong points of being a woman.
Fake news is just that – articles and other content that are presented as true but are in reality either made up completely or do contain an element of truth but grossly exaggerate or misrepresent other elements and facts that can be found in the article. Or even half of an article can be true, and the other half completely made up. Here’s how not to be fooled.
The Manosphere is sort of an umbrella term which houses the beliefs of various subcultures which may have different conclusions about how to go about what they all perceive to be a problem: “Feminism has instituted an unnatural way of life”
When racists or sexists make their posts and comments, they often argue that equality is a lie, humans are not equal and therefore we cannot have the same opportunities – in this argument, they are often either deliberately or not the confusing type of equality found in mathematics with the type of equality society should strive for.
This time in the Book Recommendations I will be talking about a fascinating, heartbreaking book that touches upon a topic which many of us have a problem facing – the human-induced disappearance of species from Earth.
21 lessons for the 21st century by Yuval Noah Harari. It’s a great book by a brilliant…
If you have been living on this planet for the last few years and have from time…