tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137314056817048755.post7623349137260947856..comments2023-07-18T04:19:36.591-07:00Comments on Booksellers versus Bestsellers: Eugenics: The Opposite of Natural SelectionBooksellers versus Bestsellershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146868037718518596noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137314056817048755.post-75904039007306618302015-03-19T16:55:02.881-07:002015-03-19T16:55:02.881-07:00Man has a dual nature, part animal, part symbolic....Man has a dual nature, part animal, part symbolic. The strange, symbolic world we live in is what I mean by cultural, and it is very different from the world any other animal lives in.<br /><br />I've written a good deal on this subject under the label The Strangeness of being human. Here's the first post in the series, and a listicle that takes in most of the posts on this topic: http://booksellersvsbestsellers.blogspot.com/2011/06/to-read-is-to-become-stolen-child.htmlBooksellers versus Bestsellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146868037718518596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137314056817048755.post-36439983656524089382015-03-12T14:19:36.707-07:002015-03-12T14:19:36.707-07:00"That's a very peculiar notion of what..."That's a very peculiar notion of what's natural and what isn't."<br /><br />"Natural" and "unnatural" are reductionist categories used to make convenient descriptions of reality within a pragmatic mindset.<br /><br />YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL, YOU ARE NOT A MAGICAL CARTESIAN AGENT USING HIS MAGICAL FREE WILL AND MAGICAL SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS TO DISTORT NATURE!!!<br /><br />YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION, ANCIENT MECHANISMS ARE INSIDIOUSLY TICKING AWAY INSIDE YOU, EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE IS A NOTE IN THE MUSICAL COMPOSITION THAT IS THE BIOSPHERE, ITSELF BEING A PART OF AN EVEN GREATER COMPOSITION!!!<br /><br />We (think we) are pragmatic creatures, strategies for survival are conditionally effective to the goals they are meant to achieve, yet the conditions, effectiveness and goals we could assign to our behaviour are all ploys of evolution. <br />COMPETITIVE MARKETS, GENDERISM, RACIALISM, ALTURISM, EVERY POSSIBLE THOUGHT YOU HAVE AND WILL HAVE IS A PRODUCT OF NATURE.<br /><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137314056817048755.post-18648905903718546992012-12-29T22:00:28.898-08:002012-12-29T22:00:28.898-08:00No, although occasionally I become aware of it. Wh...No, although occasionally I become aware of it. Why, did you see someone plagiarizing me?Booksellers versus Bestsellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146868037718518596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137314056817048755.post-41750016834901156222012-12-26T04:03:39.061-08:002012-12-26T04:03:39.061-08:00Greetings! Do you somehow test if your personal co...Greetings! Do you somehow test if your personal content is exclusive around the web and no other blogger is using it without letting you know about it?Morrishttp://lillianmorris20.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137314056817048755.post-41215803178712078752012-09-15T14:45:23.884-07:002012-09-15T14:45:23.884-07:00That's a very peculiar notion of what's na...That's a very peculiar notion of what's natural and what isn't. Eugenics is a social phenomenon, a made thing. It takes away the choice of mate, and requires breeding with whoever the wise men of society say you should. It has also been associated with taking some individuals out of the gene pool, making their selection impossible, because the wise men of society have judged that their genes should not be continued, regardless of who might wish to select them for a mate. <br /><br />To say that people who mate with whoever they find attractive are engaging in eugenics removes all meaning from the term. If the term "eugenics" does mean something, it means something other than natural selection.Booksellers versus Bestsellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146868037718518596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137314056817048755.post-35484204200151570572012-09-08T11:26:26.683-07:002012-09-08T11:26:26.683-07:00When you select a mate it is in part a decision ba...When you select a mate it is in part a decision based on their traits/phenotype of their genes. natural selection is a slow process of improving genes hence eugenic by nature. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com