Racism isn’t politically correct.
But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
Wars, dead bodies…
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
It’s superficial, cultural superiority is likely chance and circumstance at a particular point in time.
All empires fall and someone else takes their place.
So no one particular race is superior.
We can also interbreed with any other person of the opposite sex on the planet (bar medical/genetic reasons)
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
Wars, dead bodies…
How much of the racism that results in wars and dead bodies is fomented and fostered by the ‘rulers’ to motivate the peasantry into fighting the wars so as to achieve the goals of the ‘rulers’?
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
the reason racism is bad has nothing to do with if it ‘politically correct’ or otherwise..
it’s because prejudicing against a person on the basis of their ethnicity is just and example of you being a shit human.
I get most of my racism from 4TAB.
They also cover Cricket (blessings and peace be upon it) and football.
diddly-squat said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
the reason racism is bad has nothing to do with if it ‘politically correct’ or otherwise..
it’s because prejudicing against a person on the basis of their ethnicity is just and example of you being a shit human.
True
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
Wars, dead bodies…
How much of the racism that results in wars and dead bodies is fomented and fostered by the ‘rulers’ to motivate the peasantry into fighting the wars so as to achieve the goals of the ‘rulers’?
Obviously that’s a part. How much of their foment is caused bby them wanting their race to dominate? We all know about the Aryan goals of a certain despot.
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
the troubles are in a tendency of many of the species with the notably big brain, to think in rigid stereotypes, or conceptual categories if you like, and the force of the wetware tends little useful work across categories
in fact many people hardly sense what a menace the lack of activity across conceptual categories can be, have a horrendous lack of native feel-see for it, made worse by cultural reinforcement, stupid amplified in fact, resulting in a blunting of psychological mindedness
a derrr, and shared derrr, lends to crude ideology
diddly-squat said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
the reason racism is bad has nothing to do with if it ‘politically correct’ or otherwise..
it’s because prejudicing against a person on the basis of their ethnicity is just and example of you being a shit human.
This.
roughbarked said:
diddly-squat said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
the reason racism is bad has nothing to do with if it ‘politically correct’ or otherwise..
it’s because prejudicing against a person on the basis of their ethnicity is just and example of you being a shit human.
This.
Me too.
But I’m not even sure what “what is the scientific evidence for and against” is supposed to mean.
There is plenty of scientific evidence exists, and is widespread across many different cultures.
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:
diddly-squat said:the reason racism is bad has nothing to do with if it ‘politically correct’ or otherwise..
it’s because prejudicing against a person on the basis of their ethnicity is just and example of you being a shit human.
This.
Me too.
But I’m not even sure what “what is the scientific evidence for and against” is supposed to mean.
There is plenty of scientific evidence exists, and is widespread across many different cultures.
True.
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:
diddly-squat said:the reason racism is bad has nothing to do with if it ‘politically correct’ or otherwise..
it’s because prejudicing against a person on the basis of their ethnicity is just and example of you being a shit human.
This.
Me too.
But I’m not even sure what “what is the scientific evidence for and against” is supposed to mean.
There is plenty of scientific evidence exists, and is widespread across many different cultures.
seems to be a “that it” missing there.
Yeah nah, life’s too short
transition said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
the troubles are in a tendency of many of the species with the notably big brain, to think in rigid stereotypes, or conceptual categories if you like, and the force of the wetware tends little useful work across categories
in fact many people hardly sense what a menace the lack of activity across conceptual categories can be, have a horrendous lack of native feel-see for it, made worse by cultural reinforcement, stupid amplified in fact, resulting in a blunting of psychological mindedness
a derrr, and shared derrr, lends to crude ideology
I both get the general drift of what you are saying, and I agree with it.
You don’t see that very often.
The Rev Dodgson said:
transition said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
the troubles are in a tendency of many of the species with the notably big brain, to think in rigid stereotypes, or conceptual categories if you like, and the force of the wetware tends little useful work across categories
in fact many people hardly sense what a menace the lack of activity across conceptual categories can be, have a horrendous lack of native feel-see for it, made worse by cultural reinforcement, stupid amplified in fact, resulting in a blunting of psychological mindedness
a derrr, and shared derrr, lends to crude ideology
I both get the general drift of what you are saying, and I agree with it.
You don’t see that very often.
:) You don’t?
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
“TRIBALISM”
is a throw-back
that harkens back to a
time wherein territory, mates
& resources was much more an issue.
the thin veneer of civilization in our monkey brain
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
“TRIBALISM”
is a throw-back
that harkens back to a
time wherein territory, mates
& resources was much more an issue.the thin veneer of civilization in our monkey brain
What would be the number of people who find nationalism strange (I do) and instead think we are all part of the human race and resources, knowledge and technology shared.
It could work in todays world as we have the ability to share all of this
Cymek said:
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
“TRIBALISM”
is a throw-back
that harkens back to a
time wherein territory, mates
& resources was much more an issue.the thin veneer of civilization in our monkey brain
What would be the number of people who find nationalism strange (I do) and instead think we are all part of the human race and resources, knowledge and technology shared.
It could work in todays world as we have the ability to share all of this
Cymek said:
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
“TRIBALISM”
is a throw-back
that harkens back to a
time wherein territory, mates
& resources was much more an issue.the thin veneer of civilization in our monkey brain
What would be the number of people who find nationalism strange (I do) and instead think we are all part of the human race and resources, knowledge and technology shared.
It could work in todays world as we have the ability to share all of this
Nationalism to some degree is required for the maintenance of nations. In order to distinguish nations from each other they must have some unique properties, and flavours of nationalism are, by definition, unique to each nation. It is required to maintain the current zeitgeist of nation-states as the alternatives are anarchy or centralized (one-world) government. The disadvantages of anarchy are, I think, obvious enough and world wide anarchy even more so. A one-world government would be a bad idea (at this time, any way) because it is preferable to have power distributed, such that each node of power can work as checks and balances against other nodes. There would be little stopping a one world government from escalating retaliation against intractable dissident groups up to and including the use of non-conventional weapons ,for example.
esselte said:
Cymek said:
Ogmog said:“TRIBALISM”
is a throw-back
that harkens back to a
time wherein territory, mates
& resources was much more an issue.the thin veneer of civilization in our monkey brain
What would be the number of people who find nationalism strange (I do) and instead think we are all part of the human race and resources, knowledge and technology shared.
It could work in todays world as we have the ability to share all of this
Nationalism to some degree is required for the maintenance of nations. In order to distinguish nations from each other they must have some unique properties, and flavours of nationalism are, by definition, unique to each nation. It is required to maintain the current zeitgeist of nation-states as the alternatives are anarchy or centralized (one-world) government. The disadvantages of anarchy are, I think, obvious enough and world wide anarchy even more so. A one-world government would be a bad idea (at this time, any way) because it is preferable to have power distributed, such that each node of power can work as checks and balances against other nodes. There would be little stopping a one world government from escalating retaliation against intractable dissident groups up to and including the use of non-conventional weapons ,for example.
Not necessarily a one world government but more the sharing of certain technology and resources freely.
Lets say someone manages to build a working, reliable fusion reactor, shouldn’t that be shared with everyone, the rich nations help to build them for the poorer nations.
In the long run it benefits the entire planet
Cymek said:
esselte said:
Cymek said:What would be the number of people who find nationalism strange (I do) and instead think we are all part of the human race and resources, knowledge and technology shared.
It could work in todays world as we have the ability to share all of this
Nationalism to some degree is required for the maintenance of nations. In order to distinguish nations from each other they must have some unique properties, and flavours of nationalism are, by definition, unique to each nation. It is required to maintain the current zeitgeist of nation-states as the alternatives are anarchy or centralized (one-world) government. The disadvantages of anarchy are, I think, obvious enough and world wide anarchy even more so. A one-world government would be a bad idea (at this time, any way) because it is preferable to have power distributed, such that each node of power can work as checks and balances against other nodes. There would be little stopping a one world government from escalating retaliation against intractable dissident groups up to and including the use of non-conventional weapons ,for example.
Not necessarily a one world government but more the sharing of certain technology and resources freely.
Lets say someone manages to build a working, reliable fusion reactor, shouldn’t that be shared with everyone, the rich nations help to build them for the poorer nations.
In the long run it benefits the entire planet
it would also solve the immigration issue:
if richer countries fronted up the money & technology
to countries that’ve had less advantages due to mismanagement
ie less educational opportunities or decent paying centralized manufacturing jobs
there’d be far less need to relocate simply to have a decent life rather than simple survival
once the playing field is at long last leveled, all of mankind would (potentially) be the beneficiaries
In my mind racism is simple fear of “the other”. People different from the ones you know. Hence people can be racist about a group, but make exceptions for people from that group that they actually know.
Cymek said:
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
“TRIBALISM”
is a throw-back
that harkens back to a
time wherein territory, mates
& resources was much more an issue.the thin veneer of civilization in our monkey brain
What would be the number of people who find nationalism strange (I do) and instead think we are all part of the human race and resources, knowledge and technology shared.
It could work in todays world as we have the ability to share all of this
don’t look now
but the OT was racism, not nationalism
just sayin’ <-:
buffy said:
In my mind racism is simple fear of “the other”. People different from the ones you know. Hence people can be racist about a group, but make exceptions for people from that group that they actually know.
Aye, it’s small-minded partitioning of peoples without regard to regional history and its effects, and overlooking that we’re all individuals anyway.
Cymek said:
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:
Racism isn’t politically correct.But what is the scientific evidence for and against?
“TRIBALISM”
is a throw-back
that harkens back to a
time wherein territory, mates
& resources was much more an issue.the thin veneer of civilization in our monkey brain
What would be the number of people who find nationalism strange (I do) and instead think we are all part of the human race and resources, knowledge and technology shared.
It could work in todays world as we have the ability to share all of this
IMAGINE :) (:
LOL
