One form of hierarchy is intelligence. IQ measures the ability to have intelligence; it is like a mechnical test of the brain. This becomes important when we encounter complexity that most people ...

What we call the “elites” are really two things: (1) the people with bureaucratic jobs who get paid a quarter of a million ...

The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (“Refugee Convention”) and its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of ...

Tom Wolfe wrote of the status signaling of those who wanted to get ahead in a competitive society with social mobility, and ...

A cluster of ten things start to happen. We get anxious, insecure. We have anger problems. Our self-esteem is impaired.

Quick note: I was a guest on the Necropolis AD Show (NADS), a podcast about philosophy that yesterday covered the ...

Intelligence as measured by IQ tests is the single most effective predictor known of individual performance at school and on ...

Social scientists often refer to this sort of animosity as “affective polarization,” meaning that people not only hold ...

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Very few people understand the basics of genetics. Genes code for proteins. Those manage chemical reactions that produce and maintain the body. One protein makes something grow one direction ...

When groups exist, they all manipulate each other, and individuals imitate other successful manipulators, so you get a herd of imitator-manipulators who are all projecting onto each other fanciful and ...