Blog evolutionis

Gen za plavu kosu pojavio se više puta i zato se razlikuje. Najveća učestalost plave kose izvan Europe je kod ljudi koji su izrazito tamne kože.

pojavila se:

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koji gen je mutirao:

…revealed that the islanders’ blonde hair was strongly associated with a single mutation in the TYRP1 gene.

Nature

Torta u obliku ženskog tijela, crvena kad se razreže, napravljena je u znak protesta protiv ženskog genitalnog sakaćenja. Bonus: vrišti dok se reže!

Posljednje mjesto gdje se u Europi još izvodi smrtna kazna je Minsk u Bjelorusiji. Nakon površne i loše istrage, dvojici optuženih za, između ostalog, podmetanje bombe u podzemnoj željeznici u Minsku u travnju ove godine, dosuđena je smrtna kazna metkom u zatiljak.

Zach Wahls: The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character.

‘Richard Dawkins Fondacija Amerika’ na čelu sa Seanom Fairclothom, predlaže 10 ‘zapovijedi’ za poštenu i sekularnu Ameriku. Te točke obrazlaže u svojoj knjizi: Attack of the Theocrats!.

Evo nabrojane:
1. Vojska SADa se mora prema svim svojim vojnicima odnosi ravnopravno, bez obzira na njihovu vjeru, spol ili spolnu orijentaciju.
2. Podaci koji se odnose na reprodukciju moraju se bazirati na znanosti, nipošto na omalovažavanju žena ili manjina.
3. Radnici u zdravstvu i farmaciji moraju profesionalno obavljati svoj posao bez vjerske pristranosti.
4. Nepristrano donošenje odluka o korištenju zemlje ili pri zapošljavanju (lako se odobrava krčenje šume za mega-crkve, gleda se vjera pri zapošljavanju)
5. Bez pristranosti kod vjenčanja – brak je za sve zaljubljene, crkve mogu birati koga će vjenčati, ali pred američkih zakonom svi moraju biti jednaki. (negativan primjer Teda Haggarda)
6. Autonomnost kod odlučivanja skončavanja života, kontrola nad svojim tijelom ima pojedinac sam.
7. Bez vjerske pristanosti u školama.
8. Kongres treba uključiti sekularne Amerikance kao kandidate za kongres (primjer Billa Gatesa i Brada Pitta i njihovog humanitarnog rada)
9. Djecu treba zaštiti od vjerskog zlostavljanja bez obzira na vjeroispovjest njihovih roditelja.
10. Otkrića u medicini i znanosti koristit će se za održavanje zdravlja i napredak.

Sve prisutnije u svakodnevnom životu, konspiracije mogu biti benigne ali mogu i raspirivati ekstremističke ideologije.

U tom duhu Gadafi je ubijen da Amerika ne mora vratiti dug (čitali mail?) ili da su slike lažne; o (ne)slijetanju na mjesec i sami-sebe-napali 11.9.01. da ni ne spominjemo.

Conspiracy theories are cultural viruses. Once they infect the zeitgeist, it is extremely difficult to stamp them out ? no matter how solid the evidence against them is.

Jamie Bartlett, šef ‘Violence and Extremism Programme’ pri ‘independent think tank Demos’ proučavao je ovaj zabrinjavajući trend.

“We looked at 50 organisations including far right, far left, cults, religious extremists, radical Christians, radical Muslims, and what we found was that every one of them has some kind of conspiracy attached to it,” he says. “The members believe in a conspiracy; sometimes it is a big global one, sometimes one directed at their specific group or interest. The conspiracy holds the group together and pushes it in a more radical direction. It serves to harden the group’s ideology.”

Razlog što danas konspiracije postaju sve češće i žešće je zasigurno i internet.
Bartlett objašnjava:

“You still get the old-school anorak conspiracy theorist who spends a lot of time poring over journals looking for tiny anomalies. But you also have the student types who think it is cool to be anti-government, anti-US or anti-imperialist. Then you have a large number of young people from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds who haven’t looked into any evidence but accept conspiracies because they hold the belief that the government is corrupt.”

Koji ljudi nasjedaju teorijama zavjera?

Along with his colleague, Robert Brotherton, French has identified a number of personality traits which correlate to whether someone will be susceptible to conspiracy beliefs. These include people who believe things happen to them, rather than as a result of their own actions, and people who hold religious beliefs.

Bartlett naglašava da je vrlo važno djecu naučiti kritički razmišljati kako ne bi tako lako nasjedala na različite teorije zavjera. Također navodi zašto smatra da je nasjedanje na konspiracije loše: ljude čini nesigurnima, sumnjičavima a tada ni njihove reakcije nisu pozitivne.
Cijeli odlični članak pročitajte na Independentu.

Predavanje Stevena Pinkera

Diskusija

Pitanja i odgovori

5. Nismo programirani tražiti’istinu’, programirani smo ‘pobijediti’
Za priznanje da nam argumenti ne drže vodu:

It’s going to be harder than you think. Back when evolution was still sculpting your ancestor’s brains, admitting you were wrong to the person you were debating got you bred out of existence. These days, being able to admit you’re wrong is the greatest skill you can develop if you want to stay married.

4. Mozgovi nam ne razumiju vjerojatnost

It’s called neglect of probability. Our brains are great for doing a lot of things. Calculating probability is not one of them.

3. Uvjereni smo da nas svi žele dograbiti

We start assuming people have ulterior motives and hidden agendas as early as age 7 and from that point on, we never have to lose another argument for the rest of our lives. After all, if we assume the person we’re arguing with is lying, the only thing they can prove to us is that they’re a really good liar. This is how racism, sexism and any other sort of discrimination work. Once someone’s made-up their mind that color is the culprit, convincing them otherwise is going to be close to impossible, no matter how ridiculous the scenario.

2. Biološki imamo ugrađene dvostruke standarde

It’s called the fundamental attribution error.
It’s a universal thought process that says when other people screw up, it’s because they’re stupid or evil. But when we screw up, it’s totally circumstantial.

1. Činjenice nam ne mijenjaju mišljenje

The scary part? The same logical fallacy that prevents that crazy guy who keeps predicting the end of the world over and over from admitting maybe he was full of shit is the same fallacy that drives partisan politics and, therefore, government policy. Sleep tight, voters! Evolution is working against us.

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