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The recent spat over the Proto-Indo-European homeland goes to show how hard it is to separate science from myth, and by myth I don't mean an untrue story but a story that tells us who we really are.
Two in five people on earth speak an Indo-European language, so these are a special people and any country or folk group who can claim them has a special claim to greatness. Some Indian anthropologists claim they came from India. Expert consensus for nearly a century places them in Ukraine, with a minority view, abandoned even by the man who proposed it, saying they came from Anatolia. A year or two ago I noticed this Anatolian hypothesis gaining steam again, and now we have a new dubious hypothesis that the Proto-Indo-European homeland is somewhere in the Middle East, with a ridiculous gerrymandered dating produced post hoc by historical linguistics. Survive the Jive and and others have covered this in detail.
Certain quarters of modern activist science simply cannot brook the idea that a people this important could have European origins. Dave and I spoke on the latest Kulture Dads episode about liberalism's simultaneous hatred of the past and the need to own it, which goes back at least to Rousseau and social contract theory.
The struggle we're engaged in is metapolitical, but at a deeper level, it's mythical. It's a war not just of ideas, but of imperatives, of what points to where we've come from, who we are, and where we need to go. One of the authors of the silly linguistics paper let the mask slip in his motivation for writing it, and as ever what's behind it is the struggle to define who we are and what we must be.
The takeaway from this mythic struggle is that what finally wins people over at the end of the day is less a good argument or strong evidence, but a stronger myth—something pre-rational and aesthetic, a command couched in the language of propositions. Rational argument and empirical evidence are crucial, but the frame is equally if not more important. We are engaged in mythopoesis, and our success stands or falls upon being superior mythmakers.
Two in five people on earth speak an Indo-European language, so these are a special people and any country or folk group who can claim them has a special claim to greatness. Some Indian anthropologists claim they came from India. Expert consensus for nearly a century places them in Ukraine, with a minority view, abandoned even by the man who proposed it, saying they came from Anatolia. A year or two ago I noticed this Anatolian hypothesis gaining steam again, and now we have a new dubious hypothesis that the Proto-Indo-European homeland is somewhere in the Middle East, with a ridiculous gerrymandered dating produced post hoc by historical linguistics. Survive the Jive and and others have covered this in detail.
Certain quarters of modern activist science simply cannot brook the idea that a people this important could have European origins. Dave and I spoke on the latest Kulture Dads episode about liberalism's simultaneous hatred of the past and the need to own it, which goes back at least to Rousseau and social contract theory.
The struggle we're engaged in is metapolitical, but at a deeper level, it's mythical. It's a war not just of ideas, but of imperatives, of what points to where we've come from, who we are, and where we need to go. One of the authors of the silly linguistics paper let the mask slip in his motivation for writing it, and as ever what's behind it is the struggle to define who we are and what we must be.
The takeaway from this mythic struggle is that what finally wins people over at the end of the day is less a good argument or strong evidence, but a stronger myth—something pre-rational and aesthetic, a command couched in the language of propositions. Rational argument and empirical evidence are crucial, but the frame is equally if not more important. We are engaged in mythopoesis, and our success stands or falls upon being superior mythmakers.
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A new linguistics paper predicts PIE is way older than previously assumed, and tries to reconcile their model with bad data from the southern arc paper about a CHG origin for PIe resulting in bad data out and a PIE=CHG conclusion. They ignore Sredny Stog…
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Caesar Didn’t Have That Problem
Back in the day, Gaius Julius Caesar was facing the prospect of being charged for fake crimes by his political enemies. He never had to face them because he crossed the Rubicon with a single legion. Actions have consequences. But a failure to act has consequences too. And those who don’t act when they have […]
https://voxday.net/2023/08/06/caesar-didnt-have-that-problem/
Back in the day, Gaius Julius Caesar was facing the prospect of being charged for fake crimes by his political enemies. He never had to face them because he crossed the Rubicon with a single legion. Actions have consequences. But a failure to act has consequences too. And those who don’t act when they have […]
https://voxday.net/2023/08/06/caesar-didnt-have-that-problem/
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The Eye: Argentina’s Mysterious Circular Island
On the outskirts of the lively city of Buenos Aries in Argentina, there is a mysterious circular island located in the Parana Delta which rotates on its own axis like a distant planet. Scientists believe that the unusual island—known in Argentina as “El Ojo” or “The Eye”—formed in 2003. There is not yet a scientific consensus about how the circular island formed, but there are countless wild theories.
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On the outskirts of the lively city of Buenos Aries in Argentina, there is a mysterious circular island located in the Parana Delta which rotates on its own axis like a distant planet. Scientists believe that the unusual island—known in Argentina as “El Ojo” or “The Eye”—formed in 2003. There is not yet a scientific consensus about how the circular island formed, but there are countless wild theories.
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Is Barbie So Woke It’s Based?
That is what I keep hearing from younger guys. Okay, obvious baseline statement: Barbie. Was. Not. Made. For. Me. Also, the sky is blue, water is wet, and poop smells like poop. That doesn’t change the fact that by any objective standard Barbie is a substandard story and is heavy handed politically. Starting with little […]
https://arkhavencomics.com/2023/08/03/is-barbie-so-woke-its-based/
That is what I keep hearing from younger guys. Okay, obvious baseline statement: Barbie. Was. Not. Made. For. Me. Also, the sky is blue, water is wet, and poop smells like poop. That doesn’t change the fact that by any objective standard Barbie is a substandard story and is heavy handed politically. Starting with little […]
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BREAKING! A San Diego Navy sailor has been arrested on espionage charges. Jinchao Wei had a secret security clearance and was allegedly giving sensitive military information to China.
Details: https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/navy-sailor-assigned-to-san-diego-based-ship-among-2-arrested-on-charges-tied-to-national-security-china
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Eight of the approximately 800 vaccine exemptions Dr. Mary Kelly Sutton had written over the course of her career were challenged and were the basis for the board revoking her license.
The bases for those exemptions included, for example, family histories of serious adverse reactions to vaccines or autoimmune disorders.
These are valid reasons to exempt children from vaccinations.
Why was she reprimanded for protecting children?
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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/kelly-sutton-revoke-medical-license-children-vaccines/
The bases for those exemptions included, for example, family histories of serious adverse reactions to vaccines or autoimmune disorders.
These are valid reasons to exempt children from vaccinations.
Why was she reprimanded for protecting children?
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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/kelly-sutton-revoke-medical-license-children-vaccines/
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Exclusive: How an ‘Extraordinarily Good Physician’ Lost Her License for Protecting Medically Vulnerable Children From Potentially…
In an exclusive interview with The Defender, Dr. Mary Kelly Sutton recounts how she lost her medical license — in two states — after being accused of improperly exempting eight children from required school vaccinations.
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NEW - BBC is facing a revolt from millions of television viewers who are no longer willing to pay the television licence fee.
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Mass revolt as millions no longer want to pay BBC licence fee
Breaking news from around the world.
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During daytime when there are lots of flights it's WARMER than it is at night when there aren't as many flights.
Checkmate, climate science deniers.
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Checkmate, climate science deniers.
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French ban on short-haul flights comes into effect in push for climate-friendly train travel
France on Tuesday formally banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours -- a move aimed at reducing airline emissions that has also irked the…
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Chinchorro's Oldest Mummies, Chile
Chile's Chinchorro mummies, according to scientist are the oldest in the world.
The mummies, which were found in the north of Chile at the start of the 20th century, are more than 7,000 years old, which means they pre-date the Egyptian mummies by two millennia?
So far, more than 300 mummies have been found.
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Chile's Chinchorro mummies, according to scientist are the oldest in the world.
The mummies, which were found in the north of Chile at the start of the 20th century, are more than 7,000 years old, which means they pre-date the Egyptian mummies by two millennia?
So far, more than 300 mummies have been found.
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"At Bohemian Grove, the world’s rich and powerful dress in ceremonial garb, chant around a bonfire, and burn a child in effigy in the presence of a large owl-shaped idol.
"The group was started after the Civil War by Henry Harry Edwards, originally as a club for artists, writers, journalists, and other “Bohemians” to get together and relax. Since then, though, the outfit has grown to include more than 2,500 of the world’s elites.
"The Bohemian Club, like other major secret societies, has an agenda of furthering globalism. At the United Nations’ founding conference in 1945, UN delegates and key dignitaries were invited to Bohemian Grove for a special program.
"During their time at Bohemian Grove, members are known to walk around the forest in the nude inebriated and urinating at will throughout the camp."
https://thenewamerican.com/house-speaker-mccarthy-spotted-at-bohemian-grove/
"The group was started after the Civil War by Henry Harry Edwards, originally as a club for artists, writers, journalists, and other “Bohemians” to get together and relax. Since then, though, the outfit has grown to include more than 2,500 of the world’s elites.
"The Bohemian Club, like other major secret societies, has an agenda of furthering globalism. At the United Nations’ founding conference in 1945, UN delegates and key dignitaries were invited to Bohemian Grove for a special program.
"During their time at Bohemian Grove, members are known to walk around the forest in the nude inebriated and urinating at will throughout the camp."
https://thenewamerican.com/house-speaker-mccarthy-spotted-at-bohemian-grove/
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House Speaker McCarthy Spotted at Bohemian Grove
The House GOP leader was among many politicians, business leaders and other prominent individuals in attendance at the elite group.