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#18: Scientific militant pt. 1
(11/29/2020) Here, we try out a somewhat dreamlike new format. We will describe a problem in terms of the present day, but we will also...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#17: Group mind pt. 1: Dancing epidemics
(11/18/2020) We begin a series on evolved psychological mechanisms for group participation, evaluating the wild variation in behavior and...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#16: The nine elders and the ancient scroll: A constitutional crisis comedy mini-special
(11/02/2020) In these difficult times, it is important to remember that no matter what we do, it should be entirely based on what the...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#15: GHG removal and the worldviews that consider it
(11/02/2020) Movements for climate and ecological survival have largely eschewed talk of taking CO2 out of the sky. For good reason. We...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20204 min read
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#14: A model political program for ecological survival
(10/21/2020) Start by reading climate plans, then write your own. Get a zoning map, change it in Photoshop, and release it to the media....
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#13: What elephants can teach us about civil war
(10/05/ 2020) Elephants are changing. The various traumas of extermination—witnessing the deaths of their companions, developing in...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#12: Do not worship the deities that came before the fire
(09/27/2020) "Climate denial" has the specific connotation of outright denial such a thing exists, but what about all the other forms of...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#11: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 4: Academic gibberish vs. life on earth
(09/18/2020) Academic constructs, valid or otherwise, tend to diffuse into our culture at large. How has this impacted social and...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#10: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 3: Foucault ruins your meeting
(08/26/2020) In this episode, we trace the journey of 20th century social sciences through innumerable versions of the nature vs. nurture...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#9: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 2: The universal people
(08/11/2020) Anthropology describes the observed range of human variation, as well as constants in human life. It therefore informs an...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#8: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 1: Margaret Mead goes to Samoa
(07/28/2020) What kind of societies are ultimately possible (i.e. within the range of variation our biology allows)? Why are social...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#7: The wilderness of mirrors
(07/15/2020) A CIA counterintelligence chief once described his world as a wilderness of mirrors. In this episode, we ask how ecological...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#6: Genocidal mystics
(07/01/2020) We've looked at some of the psychological traits that correlate with ideology, but what about those that don't? Considering...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#5: Psychology and politics of collapse: Interview with Ken Ward
(06/21/2020) Having described innate psychological tendencies associated with other political perspectives, in this interview we examine...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#4: It isn't nonviolent to let people hurt you
(06/13/2020) Having described the right-left spectrum in psychological terms, we will now examine the psychology of the liberal, an...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#3: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 3: Creepy, hyper-sentient children
(05/27/2020) Having described the biology of aggression, we discuss the hypothesis that right-left political difference reflects...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20203 min read
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#2: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 2: Raven politics
(05/12/2020) Having described the idiosyncratic constellation of traits that correlate with political outlook in the last episode, this...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20203 min read
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#1: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 1: Why political arguments don't change people's minds
(04/30/2020) Does it ever seem like when people are arguing about politics, they are actually arguing about much more fundamental...
Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20204 min read
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