tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post4250144176751188225..comments2024-01-27T00:27:45.851+00:00Comments on race/history/evolution notes: Alison Gopnik: Natural ingroup biases are "evil"n/ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378473351485233448noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-77723749014347508412013-06-20T13:51:46.230+01:002013-06-20T13:51:46.230+01:00Here's a question. There are two groups, Gopni...<i>Here's a question. There are two groups, Gopniks and Ellsworths. A Gopnik tells somebody "we do have to teach our children how to widen the moral circle, and to extend their natural compassion and care even to other groups". Do you think she was asking the Gopniks to extend their "natural compassion and care" even to the Ellsworths, or do you think she was lecturing at the Ellsworths? </i><br /><br />That was awesome.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-77179581829408476932013-06-13T05:48:53.079+01:002013-06-13T05:48:53.079+01:00Here's a book review where Adam Gopnik shows h...Here's a book review where Adam Gopnik shows he sort of, almost gets it:<br /><br />http://isteve.blogspot.com/2012/10/gopnik-americas-historic-prosperity.html<br />Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-72670000625265387672013-06-10T19:02:18.443+01:002013-06-10T19:02:18.443+01:00 In the ancient past different groups, or races, w... In the ancient past different groups, or races, were formed mainly from geographical isolation, and ethnics such as altruism were formed in isolated groups to help the groups bond for success in competition with other groups. But in the very populated world of today, present within-group ethics need to adapt to a between-group ethics which affirms our differences. Differences need to be acknowledged with courage and truth; the almost diabolical practice of promoting strong ethnocentrism for ones own group while disparaging and ruling out ethnocentrism in all other groups needs to cease.<br /><br />In the future, in accord with nature and human nature, I believe we will be more consciously involved in our evolution, in shaping patterns of the distribution of cultural and genetic traits related to our needs and goals, and for this we will need the protection of differences. Religion helps bond people in the deepest way and sets sacred goals with values, morals and rituals. I think governments and religions of the future will apply evolutionary philosophy and sociobiology, with the sacred goal of evolving all the way to Godhood in the cosmos. K L Andersonhttp://civilizingthebeast.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-77057566442415719402013-06-10T09:22:19.784+01:002013-06-10T09:22:19.784+01:00I’m reminded by an old joke.. guilt for (gentile) ...<i> I’m reminded by an old joke.. guilt for (gentile) whites is that they are too ethnocentric… guilt for Jews are that we are not ethnocentric enough!</i><br /><br />http://mondoweiss.net/2012/02/weir-criticizes-lack-of-diversity-in-nyts-jerusalem-appointments.html/comment-page-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-22127111436060132072013-06-10T08:34:16.466+01:002013-06-10T08:34:16.466+01:00This is a common trope of Jewish psychology and Je...This is a common trope of Jewish psychology and Jewish "thought" and activism in general. They aggressively pathologize and demonize traditional ingroup identities while promoting alternative, substitute identities. Of course the aim is to suppress the ingroup identities and biases of the gentile groups they live amongst while preserving their own group.<br /><br />What's funny though is that despite the abundant evidence of natural ingroup biases and aggressive Jewish activism, you have a bunch of morons running around, including a sizable contingent of the "HBD" community, spinning up half-baked theories about how whites, and especially NW Europeans, evolved to not have natural ingroup biases and to be non-racist, and that that's why we have things like immigration, anti-racism legislation, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com