Religion of Death

Is this low quality of life? This is part of a series on feminism and the decline of society. See this index. America is governed by a religion of death. Moloch is god and abortion is the worship ritual. It is the primary religion of feminism.† For nearly 50 years Christians …

Society Decline, Part 6 – Beyond Nature vs Nurture

This is part of a series on feminism and the decline of society. See this index. This series portrays a bleak picture of societal decline—attributed to (1) declining general intelligence [part 3] (from fertility changes and high mutational load [part 1]), (2) bureaucracy [part 4], (3) feminism [part 5], and (4) cultural changes (e.g. anti-Christianity, anti-patriarchy, anti-excellence). These factors converged around …

Society Decline, Part 5 – Analyzing the Sexual Revolution

“Feminist in her natural habitat” This is part of a series on feminism and the decline of society. See this index. Part 3 showed that a secular decline in general intelligence g (“Nature”) started with the Industrial Revolution.[1] For a time, increasing IQ from environmental changes (“Nurture”) prevented many negative effects from the decline …

Society Decline, Part 4 – Bureacracy: A First-Order Evil

“Join the collective. Or else.” Part 3 showed that average IQs have made huge gains while general intelligence (g) has declined. Why worry about falling g? Physical and mental mutations are usually co-morbid.[1][2a] 84% of the human genome involves the brain[3], so a decrease in g means higher physical mutations (e.g. fewer alpha traits). Therefore, g predicts mutational load—something …

Society Decline, Part 1 – Mouse Utopia

This is part of a series on feminism and the decline of society. See this index. The purpose of this series is to examine the—potentially causal—role that feminism plays in society’s ills. Spurned on by the recent SovietMen post “Managed decline” at the People’s Blog, I’m reviving this mulit-part series that …

On the Importance of Expertise

Earlier this year, I asked “Are Arguments from Authority Fallacious?” The answer to the question is practically always—but not absolutely—“Yes.” I engage in many different hot-button online debates, such as Roman Catholicism vs Protestantism, Evolution, Global Climate Change, and SARS-CoV-2. Almost inevitably someone will cite their favorite set of expert …

Michael Sattler and Wisdom

This post comes from a request from a Catholic named Betty to explain the text of the Wisdom 2:12-20. The Book of Wisdom is written from the perspective of Solomon and the book’s intended audience are those in rulership. The first third of the book contrasts the righteous with the …