I am a straight white male. Some people would say – part of the most hated group today. But those people would be wrong. I am a member of a group that is the least likely to be discriminated against based on who they are.
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
“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
Even if you do not participate in any sort of online discussions you must have noticed that there’s basically no end to online debates and that all your rebuttals often make your opponents withdraw even deeper into their beliefs, without even considering that they are not on a firm ground.
One important thing to know about being an atheist is that there is very little common philosophy that all atheists can agree on. Not even all atheists can come under the same umbrella term
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.
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.
21 lessons for the 21st century by Yuval Noah Harari. It’s a great book by a brilliant…