I stopped reading the preview pretty soon after that part, seemed not really worth getting into IMO. The b
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Ook seems like a form of collaborative hypnosis, where if you’re ready to accept BAP’s worldview you can follow his rhythm and word choice into memeing yourself into it
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There are things in the book that are not true, but might convey something true. I don't believe that the South Pacific is a lie supported by a conspiracy of pilots either.
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Hah! I haven't got to that bit yet
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The serious meat of the book, such as there is, is the last few chapters. The rest is for the "mindset" to see the possibilities in his projections for the near future.
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As big "is bap gay?????" participant I very much endorse
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Is fun to argue But easy to lose track of actual interesting things he talks about Animals in low-stress situations don't seem to behave as tho ultimate goal are reproduction/survival, it's worth thinking bout
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Yes that's fair enough, I don't think this undermines natural selection in the way he claims though, I might post some more quotes later
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Please do king
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Yeah when I read that bit I really wanted a qualified biologist on hand to go through it with. It smacked of fallacy but my qualifications are orthogonal to the matter.
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It seems absurd on the surface. Individual organisms are always in situations of extreme survival stress even when things appear to be at equilibrium.
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I would rather say that *genes* are always in situations of extreme survival stress -- not necessarily individuals. Just look around for a startling example.
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I meant more so that there are always individuals who blah blah blah but point taken
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fucking seriously.
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btw i kind of buy his argument. it seems not too unreasonable to consider having kids when u are 'at excess' but otherwise the whole thing seems like a huge pain in the ass
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also consider that """"modernity"""" (lets say post-WW2) has seen a stairstep of completely artificial environmental stressors (mostly through economical manipulation) which may be manifesting in declining birthrates
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the phrase "whites don't breed in captivity" is the t-shirt slogan here (i should make a redbubble lmao)
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Darwin himself did not understand this, instead believing evolution to be gradual. The truth is, for most of history, species remain almost completely the same.pic.twitter.com/rjjq9r5sAy
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Gene mutations are constantly happening. They only out-compete where there is enough competition otherwise they just dissipate into the genepool.
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It’s an incomplete model, but a good one. Even without survival stress, you have sexual selection, which produces more runaway weirdness. Including human brains, probably.
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