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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 04:39 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 04:33 AM
Replies: 970
Views: 29,340
Posted By Graham2001
A video of a 60 second lecture at a university in...

A video of a 60 second lecture at a university in Pennsylvania which cites an early 20thC eugenicist to prove that 'Sex isn't real'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVPgLWUDEoA
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 01:16 PM
Replies: 970
Views: 29,340
Posted By Graham2001
The latest high end science on the subject seems...

The latest high end science on the subject seems to be this:





https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00122-3
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th March 2024, 01:24 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,307
Posted By Graham2001
I think the term you are looking for is cultural...

I think the term you are looking for is cultural assimilation, where someones physical appearance is different from the culture they grew up in (e.g. They look like 'Race A', but culturally they act...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th March 2024, 01:45 PM
Replies: 970
Views: 29,340
Posted By Graham2001
An interesting piece in 'Science' it 's authors...

An interesting piece in 'Science' it 's authors claim that text books do not follow 'established science'...





https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi1188
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st March 2024, 06:34 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,307
Posted By Graham2001
Just found this very interesting article in The...

Just found this very interesting article in The NewYorker. In this case the woman (Elizabeth Hoover) at the heart of the controversy was told by her mother that she was descended from Native...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th February 2024, 05:36 AM
Replies: 970
Views: 29,340
Posted By Graham2001
Courtesy of the 'Harvard Crimson'... a denial of...

Courtesy of the 'Harvard Crimson'... a denial of biological reality.






https://www.thecrimson.com/column/transcriptions/article/2024/2/22/diaz-stop-only-two-sexes/
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 24th February 2024, 01:28 AM
Replies: 480
Views: 25,924
Posted By Graham2001
Saw this story on the US iteration of ABC and it...

Saw this story on the US iteration of ABC and it seems to fit the theme of this thread.


To summarize, the City of San Francisco banned it's various departments from even speaking with people who...
Forum: Education 12th February 2024, 04:38 AM
Replies: 167
Views: 3,441
Posted By Graham2001
And they are a literal cliche, which is one of...

And they are a literal cliche, which is one of the issues I have with the whole Woke project, they want people to become their stereotypes.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th February 2024, 04:29 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 33,811
Posted By Graham2001
This paper, which is reader access only on the...

This paper, which is reader access only on the website of Science magazine seems to be the latest broadside in the push to braid 'Indigenous' and 'Western' Science, the authors are from New Zealand...
Forum: Education 4th February 2024, 03:11 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 3,441
Posted By Graham2001
$25,000 Spent on programes that made things worse./Woke kindergarten

To try and increase attendance and literacy a school district in California bought in a provider called 'Woke Kindergarden' and the results were declines in those benchmarks.


From the San...
Forum: Education 30th December 2023, 04:48 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,354
Posted By Graham2001
Or you can go to a museum and learn how certain...

Or you can go to a museum and learn how certain objects have 'power' and need to be treated with 'respect' here is a paper on just what has to be done published by the American Museum of Natural...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th December 2023, 12:28 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 33,811
Posted By Graham2001
Another high ranking NZ Educator, in this case ...

Another high ranking NZ Educator, in this case the deputy dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland as well as a geologist and the Director of the Ngā Ara Whetū | Centre for...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th November 2023, 02:38 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 1,768
Posted By Graham2001
It's not so much the outage, but the knock on...

It's not so much the outage, but the knock on effects, I know of a business that uses Microsoft Authenticator as part of it's log in system. A large number of employees in their call center had Optus...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th November 2023, 01:50 PM
Replies: 248
Views: 6,002
Posted By Graham2001
This is an interesting report, it's not from a...

This is an interesting report, it's not from a right leaning news source, and the iconography in the posters is most definitely not from the right wing (which has never progressed beyond the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th November 2023, 04:07 AM
Replies: 248
Views: 6,002
Posted By Graham2001
From the BBC, like Hamas this person didn't go...

From the BBC, like Hamas this person didn't go after Zionists, they went after Jews...





https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67280174
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st November 2023, 01:37 PM
Replies: 3,335
Views: 181,636
Posted By Graham2001
Courtesy of the 'Daily Fail' the consequences of...

Courtesy of the 'Daily Fail' the consequences of showing sympathy to Jews after the 7th of October in Australia, and the happy sequel...




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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th October 2023, 01:45 PM
Replies: 248
Views: 6,002
Posted By Graham2001
It's all very simple, based on 'lived experience'...

It's all very simple, based on 'lived experience' there is a certain class of progressive who believe that the following statement is anti-semitic:


"Jews should be beaten, degraded and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2023, 01:39 PM
Replies: 3,026
Views: 91,597
Posted By Graham2001
There are people out there who are working to...

There are people out there who are working to provide the 'Scientific Evidence' needed and they publish in 'Peer Reviewed' journals. Here's an abstract from a recent paper on 'Deconstructing Sex',...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2023, 02:25 PM
Replies: 2,312
Views: 65,043
Posted By Graham2001
I just read Waleed Aly's article and it's a good...

I just read Waleed Aly's article and it's a good one, especially where he points out that the 'voice' was working against the perception Australia has as being an egalitarian country.


I've also...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th October 2023, 02:13 PM
Replies: 261
Views: 7,404
Posted By Graham2001
A commentary piece in Australia's Sydney Morning...

A commentary piece in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald that covers how at least one person feels about 'self service' checkouts.





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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th October 2023, 05:11 AM
Replies: 261
Views: 7,404
Posted By Graham2001
I've started patronising a local chain called...

I've started patronising a local chain called 'Spudshed', while I've never taken advantage of their 24/7 opening times it's nice to visit a store that still does not have self service counters.

...
Forum: Education 8th October 2023, 05:04 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,126
Posted By Graham2001
MA in Magic and Occult Sciences

As announced earlier this year the Britsh University of Exeter is starting up a course in 'Magic and Occult Sciences' and why, well the penultimate statement in the course summary explains it quite...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th September 2023, 01:40 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 33,811
Posted By Graham2001
There's a slideshow that's gone up on the NZ...

There's a slideshow that's gone up on the NZ 'Science Learning Hub' with the title 'What is a knowledge system'.


One of the contributors is the wife of the current PM of New Zealand.


It's...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th September 2023, 02:28 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,542
Posted By Graham2001
'Empty shelves with absolutely no books'

I'm pretty sure this was not what the drafters of the Ontario DEI plan intended.. But then as they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.



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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th June 2023, 11:04 PM
Replies: 2,082
Views: 44,878
Posted By Graham2001
As always the contrarians at Spiked find their...

As always the contrarians at Spiked find their own way to 'stir the pot', in this case by focusing on the various 'Trans Celebrities' who've attached themselves to the Biden White House...




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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th June 2023, 05:16 AM
Replies: 2,082
Views: 44,878
Posted By Graham2001
It's not just Rowling that was being demonized in...

It's not just Rowling that was being demonized in that image, the man depicted to her right looks like an old stereotypical image of Asians.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th June 2023, 03:13 AM
Replies: 2,082
Views: 44,878
Posted By Graham2001
The Guardian's commentary is also worth...

The Guardian's commentary is also worth reading...





https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/07/oxfam-pride-month-cartoon-charities-watchdog
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th June 2023, 03:10 AM
Replies: 2,082
Views: 44,878
Posted By Graham2001
Found this archived copy of an article by the UK...

Found this archived copy of an article by the UK 'Sunday Times' regarding a video that Oxfam posted in support of Pride Week.





https://archive.md/RV9NC


Jerry Coyne's commentary on the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th June 2023, 06:03 PM
Replies: 3,203
Views: 112,475
Posted By Graham2001
Commentary from Jeremy Coyne, on a San Fransisco...

Commentary from Jeremy Coyne, on a San Fransisco Chronicle article claiming that:





https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/06/04/sf-chronicle-sex-and-gender-are-not-binaries/


The original...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th June 2023, 06:00 PM
Replies: 3,203
Views: 112,475
Posted By Graham2001
Good point, I'd seen a similar comment regarding...

Good point, I'd seen a similar comment regarding the Netflix Cleopatra Documentary.



In that video (I'll link it when I find it.) the commenter pointed out that the problems that film series...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th June 2023, 02:15 PM
Replies: 3,335
Views: 181,636
Posted By Graham2001
Just spotted on the contrarian website Spiked, an...

Just spotted on the contrarian website Spiked, an article quoting 'Right-Winger' Tim Minchin (He must be, he's being quoted on Spiked.) on 'Cancel Culture'...




...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th June 2023, 12:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 596
Posted By Graham2001
Reminds me of the 1876, Abbots Ripton crash, in...

Reminds me of the 1876, Abbots Ripton crash, in that case signal failures caused by snow resulted in a rear end collision between a coal train and an express passenger train, despite the best efforts...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th June 2023, 12:12 AM
Replies: 3,203
Views: 112,475
Posted By Graham2001
I found this posting on Jason Colavito's blog,...

I found this posting on Jason Colavito's blog, the main subject of the blog is UFO nonsense, but the opening half-sentence shows just how successful the Trans-lobby has been...




...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2023, 11:17 AM
Replies: 488
Views: 13,350
Posted By Graham2001
And that is the real issue, good storytelling,...

And that is the real issue, good storytelling, effective plotting are perceived to have become less important than 'self important message mongering' as per the review I quoted earlier.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th May 2023, 11:13 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 33,811
Posted By Graham2001
This video dates from about a year ago and the...

This video dates from about a year ago and the caption is quite revealing, pay close attention to the speaker bio and the various slides.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3MF0PoPkCM
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th May 2023, 06:26 PM
Replies: 488
Views: 13,350
Posted By Graham2001
I've seen a 1990s review of a 1970s novel ('The...

I've seen a 1990s review of a 1970s novel ('The City Machine' by Louis Trimble) that makes the same point, the relevant line in the review (full text linked after the quote.) is quoted below.



...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th May 2023, 05:06 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 33,811
Posted By Graham2001
Sad thing is they are, this is a preview of an NZ...

Sad thing is they are, this is a preview of an NZ school textbook, the hosting website is that of a NZ educational publishing company.


The example page (124) is pure unadulterated creationism,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th May 2023, 01:56 PM
Replies: 3,203
Views: 112,475
Posted By Graham2001
According to 'Scientific American' puberty...

According to 'Scientific American' puberty blockers are harmless and their use does nothing but good.....




...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd May 2023, 01:36 PM
Replies: 3,203
Views: 112,475
Posted By Graham2001
According to an article in the latest issue of...

According to an article in the latest issue of 'Scientific American', biological sex is not real...


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-why-human-sex-is-not-binary/
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th April 2023, 01:42 PM
Replies: 1,524
Views: 40,384
Posted By Graham2001
In New Zealand, they've destroyed it, this is a...

In New Zealand, they've destroyed it, this is a peer-reviewed paper from a major university, once you've stripped off the post-modernist language, you end up with an argument most Creationist's would...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd April 2023, 04:07 AM
Replies: 3,203
Views: 112,475
Posted By Graham2001
An interesting article on the whole 'sex=gender'...

An interesting article on the whole 'sex=gender' thing by Robert Lynch that was published in Skeptic Magazine Vol. 28 Nš. 1





...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th April 2023, 03:09 PM
Replies: 3,203
Views: 112,475
Posted By Graham2001
No idea, but if you do want to continue this...

No idea, but if you do want to continue this elsewhere, there is a thread on the push to integrate Maori religious beliefs directly into the NZ Science curriculum, linked below.

...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th April 2023, 02:48 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 33,811
Posted By Graham2001
Nick Matzke, a former member of the National...

Nick Matzke, a former member of the National Center for Science Education (The anti-creationism people) lives in NZ and apparently he's not happy about what's going off in NZ Education, sadly they've...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th April 2023, 04:55 AM
Replies: 1,524
Views: 40,384
Posted By Graham2001
This is something the Right is passing around,...

This is something the Right is passing around, what they claim to be an updated version of the infamous Smithsonian Poster on 'White Culture' which is allegedly being used to train teachers.


...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 1st April 2023, 06:02 PM
Replies: 324
Views: 10,228
Posted By Graham2001
The Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression...

The Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression has done a much longer article on the whole 'Sensitivity Reader' (aka Self-appointed Censorship Officer) phenomenon.


One of the points brought...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th March 2023, 02:39 PM
Replies: 1,524
Views: 40,384
Posted By Graham2001
To try and get this thread somewhere back to the...

To try and get this thread somewhere back to the Op, there has been an interesting Op Ed in the NYT pointing out that people have just as much right to listen to a speaker as the speaker has to say...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd March 2023, 02:32 AM
Replies: 1,524
Views: 40,384
Posted By Graham2001
Stanford Law School's Dean has issued a second...

Stanford Law School's Dean has issued a second statement apologising to the individual who was denied the right to speak, it's ten pages long and is well worth reading, they make the point that...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 20th March 2023, 02:04 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 2,395
Posted By Graham2001
They've also looking at automating Bias response...

They've also looking at automating Bias response since 2020...





https://news.northeastern.edu/2020/01/29/how-about-a-smart-device-that-could-catch-implicit-bias-in-the-workplace/...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th March 2023, 02:57 PM
Replies: 1,524
Views: 40,384
Posted By Graham2001
This story has made the international media, here...

This story has made the international media, here is Reuters version of it.




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