In•Cog•Neat•0
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In•Cog•Neat•0
@PrefersIslands
I like reading about current events. I like learning about science, history, sociology, philosophy, astrology…

🚨 95 bodies of Black forced labour prisoners from Jim Crow era were found in Sugarland, Texas. #semiticjew

The Trump administration is closing the nation's primary bee research laboratory.




The veil is so thin at dollar tree I get scared

I saw a video where Neil deGrasse Tyson narrated how racist 19th century anthropologists set up human racial hierarchies with white males at the top of the evolutionary ladder and Blacks and other non whites lower down, still evolving and closer to the apes. He explained that back then, calling someone a Neanderthal was a straight up insult because Neanderthals were seen as brutish and primitive. But then in the 1990s, once genetic testing became possible, scientists discovered that Europeans carry 1 to 3% Neanderthal DNA while Africans have 0%. Suddenly, research papers started coming out praising how creative, imaginative, and skilled with tools the Neanderthals must have been. Tyson pointed out it was a complete u-turn of the Neanderthal image that began right around the time they learned this genetic information. Interesting example on how bias can shape science… and this is true mostly in anthropological research…


Can you imagine having to sign a waiver for your kid to play baseball because the coach is a child sex offender? @JohnRHuffman











