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Demagogues vs the Democracy

2017.08.11 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

To understand who we are today, we need to understand kings, conquerors, and their dysfunctions, and what life looked like in their kingdoms. It wasn’t pretty.

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Gender Equity & Pointless Ambition

2017.07.06 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Too often, gender equity pursues a masculine success of domination and pointless ambition, ironically making ‘equal rights’ offensively anti-egalitarian.

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Posted in: Biology, Education, Medicine, Politics Tagged: Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Wisdom

Sexual Genetics

2017.07.03 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter, a challenge to sexual stereotypes

Sexual Genetics: differences between boys and girls exist, on average. Insisting that the differences are universal, or that they are nonexistent, are both unjust.

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Posted in: Biology, Education, Medicine Tagged: Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Wisdom

Outrageous Lebanese Genetics

2017.06.19 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Lebanese Genetics sounds boring, but the Lebanese may be the most stereotypical ethnic group around, an inheritance from the Phoenicians.

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Posted in: Biology, Medicine Tagged: Medicine, Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Wisdom

The Bookscrounger Returns

2017.06.05 by Bookscrounger 9 Comments
Monkey Reading a book in a tree.

I’m back, the Bookscrounger returns. Where I’ve been, and where we’re going.

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Posted in: Biology, Books, Education Tagged: Civilizing Evolution, Football Mentality, Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Teaching, Wisdom

Paternal Corn: Bad Dad Jokes

2016.03.11 by Bookscrounger 3 Comments

Perhaps there is a good reason that fathers tell bad dad jokes…

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Posted in: Biology, Education Tagged: Civilizing Evolution, Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Teaching

Flower Power

2016.03.07 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

Americans spend a fortune on flowers and flowering plants, potted and cut.  Articles in recent years show that we spend well over $35B on lawn and garden supplies, and an additional $45B for gardening and landscaping services.  For cut flowers and house plants, add $40B to that. How many of us have traveled miles out … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Biology Tagged: Small Evolution

Rockabye, Baby

2016.01.31 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

The word cradle comes from the same Germanic root as the word cart.  Which makes sense; the movement of either a cradle or a cart will put a child to sleep. Or the movement of a car, another related word.  All parents have seen our children refuse to take a nap, and then watch them … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Biology, Books Tagged: Small Evolution, Sociobiology

Changing Change

2016.01.14 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Progress is a new concept in human development. And that means we have to rethink our approaches to change, and the rate of change.

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Posted in: Biology, Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Small Evolution, Wisdom

Risk Tolerant/Risk Immune

2016.01.10 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

When things go well, stick to the traditional, don’t try new things. When you’re desperate, try new things. That’s the way biology and business look at it.

So what happens when you have enough, but your competitors are improving? It’s never happened before, and so we need a new way to look at it.

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Posted in: Biology, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Small Evolution
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