Emil O W Kirkegaard

OK... so he said nothing of the sort. Whether what he presented is good science is a different question. I'm not convinced.

He likes speculative big theory (he's a good friend). But it's definitely not "supporting the murderer in Cville".

Unless I overlooked something he never mentioned Cville or anyone involved. And yes. He's "theory" is speculative ...

... and my impress. was that there was a lot of anomalies for which he just pulled explanations out of thin air (to be polite).

Big history is always very speculative, hence why I don't like it so much. Compare to Jared Diamond's theory or big econ's institution model

So - yeah ... but then, when you add that it was clear that he also has a political agenda, it comes of as motivated reasoning...

Helmuth used to be a communist, but learning behavioral genetics made him change his mind (40 years ago). So be mindful of polit. accu. ;)

To be more specific.I find DM more convincing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpapr5C-ams … Y're "cold" Americans so gullible? HM's "India" explanation is thin.