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A theory of the bullshitting class
Through written history, all societies except the most primitive have largely consisted of three classes: Warriors, workers and bullshitters. Yes, I…
Tove K
Aug 12
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Sweden is smarter than France! Or is it?
The debate whether breastfeeding increases children's IQ or not continues. I'm a bit surprised that people interested in this issue rely so much on…
Tove K
Jul 29
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The order of thoughts
We will never agree The local garbage dump is one of my favorite places in the world. I get such a nice feeling of relief when I see my former…
Tove K
Jul 24
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Please computer, help me writing!
I have complained a bit about the capabilities of AI on this blog. Time to say something positive about AI too: I really hope AI will help me write…
Tove K
Jul 12
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Delivery drones of yesteryear: Rohrpost
Our modern world has given us many technological marvels and solved numerous practical problems. A visitor from 100 or 200 years ago would find many…
Anders L
Jun 27
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Primates of Manhattan
More people should write exactly one book: The one about themselves. People lead very different lives. If everybody capable of writing a book wrote one…
Tove K
Jun 19
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The 10 000 Year Explosion - The book that shook evolutionary psychology (or should have)
As far back as I can remember, I felt ambivalent towards evolutionary psychology. On the one hand, it was too difficult to explain away. If we believe…
Tove K
Jun 9
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1919 - A time for peace
The Paris Peace Conference set out with the highest ambitions possible: to achieve eternal peace. Obviously it failed, but what can future peacemakers…
Anders L
Jun 3
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How not to read Lacan
Scott Alexander tries to make sense of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Been there, done that. And I won't do it again, because I think it is reasonable to…
Tove K
May 31
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Human colonies on Mars are a bad idea
In six months time it will be exactly 50 years since human beings last set foot on the moon. It will also be 50 years since humans last ventured outside…
Anders L
May 24
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Why do women have breasts?
Evolutionary theory has come up with nice explanations to many phenomena. But there are also a few exceptions. Female breasts are one. No female animals…
Tove K
May 18
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The improbable life of Jeanne Calment
Being more of a r-strategy person myself, one that works hard and reproduces a lot (live fast and die young, if you like), I have never been very…
Tove K
May 17
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