What books are you reading?
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Yes, he is very dangerous, I agree. But he is also a genuine genius... Read this book and you will see him deflate all the old imperial theories of white & Western cultural / racial supremacy, one by one. And there are many many scientists to overthrow! He does an admirable job...Big Daikon wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:26 pm
Be careful with Gould. Much of his work has been tainted by his fraud and political radicalism.
There is only one race, the human race. And no such a thing as an IQ... Enjoy!
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I have read Gould. And Lewontin, too. Their work appears to mainly motivated by their Marxist egalitarianism.orichá wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:36 pmYes, he is very dangerous, I agree. But he is also a genuine genius... Read this book and you will see him deflate all the old imperial theories of white & Western cultural / racial supremacy, one by one. And there are many many scientists to overthrow! He does an admirable job...Big Daikon wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:26 pm
Be careful with Gould. Much of his work has been tainted by his fraud and political radicalism.
There is only one race, the human race. And no such a thing as an IQ... Enjoy!
I would recommend some of the following books. Much better science, minus the dangerous Blank Slate pseudoscience.
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The Martian chronicles by Ray Bradbury
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Am reading "Jitterbug Perfume" again
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Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China Kindle Edition
by Michael Beckley
by Michael Beckley
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posted this elsewhere but it merits here as well:
it gives a very accurate account of what Sihanoukville was like in the early 2000 and some nice descriptions of Khmers and the life they lived before the Russians ( and than Chinese) ruined the place
was lucky to see some of it on my 1st trip there in 2006
Not ur average Pattaya book crap
it gives a very accurate account of what Sihanoukville was like in the early 2000 and some nice descriptions of Khmers and the life they lived before the Russians ( and than Chinese) ruined the place
was lucky to see some of it on my 1st trip there in 2006
Not ur average Pattaya book crap
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Mortality by Christopher Hitchens, written on his deathbed. It's short but powerful, but all my books are bought through Google play books now. Miss the real thing. Although yesterday I saw an English book shop near the royal palace, so I'll have to check it out. Probably pretty expensive though, I'm guessing.
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Tim Willocks - "Memo From Turner" . Fiction with a black cop in SA.
So far, so good. Just started, more or less.
So far, so good. Just started, more or less.
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In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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(La promesse de l'aube)
The lives of Romain Gary as told in his slightly fictional early autobiography. Airman, Hero of the Resistance, diplomat, Hollywood socialite, notorious womaniser, critically acclaimed and best selling author. He didn't waste his time.
Procurer to celebrities in the 1940s/50s, Scotty was particularly impressed by Edward Duke of Windsor's lack of social pretension.
With the ice broken we all began to get to know one another. There were no pretentious charades or aloofness in their behavior toward me whatsoever. Edward gently pulled me aside and said, “You know, Scotty, a lot of people have told me about you, long before Wally and I came to California. Albert, Peter, Brian, and Cecil all said that I ought to look you up when we got here.”
He was referring of course to our mutual friends, his host Arthur Brown, as well as Peter Bull, Brian Desmond Hurst, and Cecil Beaton. He went on to tell me how highly they had all spoken of me to him in London and how much he had been looking forward to meeting me. It was obvious that his relationship with those four men transcended mere platonic friendship. This became patently clear less than twenty minutes later when he and I slipped into the guesthouse at the bottom end of the large garden, stripped off, and began making out. Eddy was good. Really good. He sucked me off like a pro.
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