On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:21 PM, chris peck <chris_peck...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Rog
A taste for fat 'helped us survive' back in the day. Doesnt mean it
will be much use now. Infact now it just causes obesity and
revulsion in the people you should be trying to attract.
I believe the best evidence for the cause of obesity (as well as
cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and possibly alzheimers) is sugar and
refined carbohydrates (not fat). The most convincing source on this
that I have found is Gary Taubes book "good calories, bad calories".
The ecology changes, see? Same with racism. If it ever was of use,
unlikely but 'if' it was, nowadays it just induces brain rot in
bitter old coots.
I agree with this point. Society changes much faster than our genes,
and the pace of society's change is only increasing.
We carry much "evolutary baggage" as Carl Sagan said, and it imperils
our own existance. It is xenophobia and tribalism that let us value
the lives of other groups less than those of our own group, and this
is why we live under the threat of nuclear annhilation.
That said, Roger's point is not entirely wrong either. I can imagine
scenarios where someone acting according to politically incorrect
stereotypes could make themselves safer.
Jason
--- Original Message ---
From: "Alberto G. Corona" <agocor...@gmail.com>
Sent: 18 July 2013 6:59 AM
To: everything-list@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: We are all naturally racists. Political correctness is
likely to get you killed.
I don´t know why, but Roger don´t seems to understand that. I doubt
that he read the responses.
2013/7/17 Jesse Mazer <laserma...@gmail.com>
Roger, can you please stop using this list as an outlet for any
thoughts you have about politics and such? If it isn't related to
the multiverse or some other fundamental metaphysical issues like
consciousness, it doesn't belong here.
Jesse
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net>
wrote:
Political correctness is likely to get you killed.
We are all naturally racists. Blame it on Darwin. Zenophobia --
fear or dislike of outsiders--is what has allowed us to survive.
Unfortunately the liberalized dictionaries I can find online refer
to it as "abnormal" or "irrational". Is it abnormal to be
cautious in the presence of strangers ? The left refers to
such feelings as "politically incorrect". But I don't think it
is irrational for a mother to tell her children not to talk to
strangers,
no matter what their color.
We instinctively, for our own safety, are somewhat fearful
and unfriendly to strangers, no matter what their color.
Jesus said to love our neighbors, but he didn't say to
go looking for strangers to love.
So IMHO political correctness is likely to get you killed.
Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000]
See my Leibniz site at
http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough
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