Whyvert @whyvert

Inquisitive and harmless wyvern. Interested in human nature and patterns of history. Otherwise known as Paul Cossins. Insignificant little planet Joined June 2014

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JamesFennell MBE @FennellJW

24 hours ago

The roundel essentially shows you were on the allied side in the Great War. Everyone adopted a version of the French revolutionary cockade to avoid bleu-en-bleu on the Western Front, and even Russia followed suit. The cross and all its variants was used by the Great Powers.

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Y_Contributor @Y_Contributor

15 hours ago

It obviously hasn't occurred to European immigration officials that many 3rd world countries have very little to offer besides 'unskilled worker' because the quality of their human capital is so low.

David Algonquin @surplustakes

23 hours ago

It obviously hasn't occurred to European immigration officials that many 3rd world countries have very little to offer besides 'unskilled worker' because the quality of their human capital is so low. https://t.co/WI1unur02f

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M_Methuselah @M_Methuselah

19 hours ago

Those who promote this definition favour the assertion that sex inheres in gamete (sperm and egg) production because, in whole, it provides the only taxon-agnostic and phylogenetically inclusive framework for understanding this important biological and evolutionary phenomenon.

Michael Shermer @michaelshermer

2 days ago

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Nathan Cofnas @nathancofnas

23 hours ago

In 1859, two important books were published - John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty," which argues that classical liberalism is morally right - Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which explains why a community of classical liberals can't survive for more than two generations

Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf

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Whyvert @whyvert

19 hours ago

Here's the puzzle: Men attracted to women with youthful small waists would beget more offspring. That preference would be inherited and spread. But there's no reason to think men attracted to women with large (as opposed to youthful perky) breasts would also benefit.

Whyvert @whyvert

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Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert

a day ago

Good list of social paradoxes from @DavidPinsof, cited in @sapinker's "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . ."

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More Births @MoreBirths

a day ago

It has gone unnoticed that the most infamous school shooting in US history, the Sandy Hook shooting, may have had its origin in far left, antinatalist ideology. Adam Lanza's recordings, found in 2021, expressed strong interest in antinatalism as well as p*dophilia. 🧵.

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arctotherium @arctotherium42

a day ago

Of 360,000 children aged 15 in Zambia only five (not 5%, 5 total) could read at "globally proficient levels."

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Zach Goldberg @ZachG932

3 days ago

1/ I'm delighted to finally share some of the work I've done since joining @fsuigc. Last month, we published a report about political tolerance based on national survey data (N=1,004) we collected during the summer. In this study, we measure political tolerance as the…

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Mike Bird @Birdyword

2 days ago

Absolutely amazing chart from that huge IMF report on Chinese industrial policy, showing the huge land subsidies Chinese manufacturers get - unit prices of land by sector (RMB per square meter). And this is location-adjusted!

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Whyvert @whyvert

2 days ago

Interesting thread. Evolutionary reasons why waist size and boobs are highly attractive. Note: waist size has good explanations, but it's still an open question why big boobs are attractive.

Aaron Lukaszewski @SpeciesTypical

2 days ago

Interesting thread. Evolutionary reasons why waist size and boobs are highly attractive. Note: waist size has good explanations, but it's still an open question why big boobs are attractive.

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Rob Sica @robsica

4 days ago

"Among the casualties are philosopher Karl Marx’s idea that inequality and class conflict drive societies towards greater complexity. Turchin finds that they do the opposite, by diluting social cohesion and increasing societies’ vulnerability to external threat."