As discussed in “Church Attendance,” there has been a shift in the religious young men in America. The narrative is that masculine-focused men are choosing the masculine-focused religions of Cathodoxy—Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. But it is the latter that is seeing the largest gains. The loser is, purportedly, evangelical …
A few posts ago I wrote about “Church Attendance.” I was responding to the claim that Cathodoxy (Eastern Orthodox + Roman Catholic) is growing due to its masculine appeal towards young men. In particular, we discussed how Orthodoxy has seen an influx in young men. Let’s examine a couple follow-up …
Surfdumb was a regular reading and commenter here for some time. I think he left because of the Professor’s frequent long comments (which is much less often the case these days) and because my sons are allowed to read here (which is a weird reason to avoid commenting, but whatever). …
Two articles were posted within 3 hours of each other: “So Should You” — Ed Hurst of Radix Fidem “Whatever happened to the power of Public Opinion? The dwindling of the Group Mind” — Bruce Charlton It’s about politics. Read them together.
We recently had a big discussion on intelligence in “San Francisco and Schooling” and (to a lesser extent) “Hypergamy and Male Variability.” But, perhaps you want a quick-and-easy rundown on intelligence that doesn’t require an advanced degree. Here is a short video that does just that: Here is a quick …
AI can only do what it is trained to do. AI cannot do what it is not trained to do. People are evil, so AI must be evil as well. AI can’t be good because it is not being trained to be good. In order to do good, it would …
This is part of a series. See the index here. After writing “Hypergamy and Male Variability,” I received a lot of comments that merit fuller responses to do them justice. I’m going to try to respond to some of them here. Lastmod’s Comment That’s the narrative, for sure. It is …
This is part of a series. See the index here. You are probably familiar with the bell curve. What you may be less familiar with is the concept that males tend to have greater variability than females (i.e. they have different bell curves): This is why, for example, men are …
As I’ve noted, many of the beliefs exposed on this blog are data driven. In general, theory must conform to reality, not the other way around. I also talk about blankslatism, the belief that everyone is a blank slate, with more-or-less equal potential to become whatever kind of person anyone …