Recent content by Tabubua

Oh no! We really should go there! If you are going to pick up on reaction times as a racial marker of IQ, how do you explain the results of an experiment recently reported in New Scientist? They studied a group of Atheists in relation to a group of 'religious types' (sorry, I forget the...

I think vocals matter to me, but only in their usage as another instrument, rather than for the lyrical content (which is probably a good thing, as I often find i can't make out a single word being screeched down my headphones and into my ear). I think music *should* be able to convey what...

I think many people don't realise how much our choices and actions even very early on in life are affected by enviromental and social stimuli. Baby's are exposed to clothing/ toys and the behaviour of their parents etc that can be seen as defining gender - pink booties for girlies, and blue...

Ha! Were you around three hundred years ago to judge that? Ever thought that our ideas of history are always painted by the rich and satisfied? The winners of every confict? The educated who were lifted above the chaos of everyday life? Why is history full of civil wars and...

Society is crappy. Society has always been crappy, even back in the 'good old days' you all keep referring too when we were *apparently* all racially distinct etc etc. We have trampled out much of what we *perceived* back then was making our society crappy. But society still persists on...

I believe in ET :) Our planet was created in a process that is repeated throughout the universe - so the likelyhood of similar planets that could support life is rather large. But who says that a planet supporting life has to be similar to ours? Our understanding of life is based on what...

Smoking pot is like drinking alcohol and smoking tabacco - if done sensibly it should cause no problems. Trouble is, most people aren't sensible!

Excellent point. I think religion and the age long suppression/ unavailability of education go hand in hand. When we are ignorant of the ways our world works, with all the 'miraculous' incedents that appear in nature, some distant fantastical all-powerful creator/ ruler can seem quite...

Bull Poo. I know many 'mixed heritage' people who are very proud of *both* sides of their heritage. How does one set or cultural heritage plus another equal no cultural heritage exactly? Your heritage is whatever roots you come from, whether they are diverse or homogeneous. Ok, our history...

Well you are in America :err:

Socialism has some good points... I love the NHS (it doesn't exactly work as well as it could, but its a life line for those who could not otherwise afford medical care). And our public transport was far better before it was privatized. Unfortunately socialism often doesn't work in the...

Justin S - that is a brilliant little essay of the nature of 'culture' :) you studying sociology by any chance? When I think of culture, the first thing I think of are the styles of Art and Literature produced by a certain group of related people - related by location, religion etc. These...

I'm proud of being English. I love my country (but not necessarily the people in it). Doesn't mean I'm wouldn't immigrate out of it - in order to experience what another culture can offer me. In todays world we need to live as a global community. We need to act as a global community to...

You essentially asked why a traditional, single culture society cannot exist. I basically replied, because people will choose to move to a society the perceive as more 'comfortable' if they have the means and the money. In todays world the means, (high speed and affordable travel/ available...

Because modern transport and the information highway have made the world such a small place? A century or so ago, to get from one town to the next could mean travelling for hours or even all day - either by horse or by foot. Most people didn't have enough money to travel or move far, and...