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The Self Compass

18 August, 202218 August, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 7 Comments

Four classes of forces shape our selves, which do we think of as the most important? It varies, and if we miss this we have a hard time properly understanding what others are saying. Read more (11 min, 2800 words).

The Political Is Personal

24 May, 20224 May, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 14 Comments

People experience the nature of their wants, needs and desires very differently, and when they generalize the specifics of their own psychology onto everyone else it has a profound effect on their political beliefs. Read more (13 min, 3200 words).

The Woke-up Call: A Review of Cynical Theories

26 October, 202117 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 5 Comments

A long review, with further musings, of "Cynical Theories". Read more (30 min, 7600 words).

Rereading Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate

23 June, 202117 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 2 Comments

I reread a book that influenced me a lot when I was younger and review it. Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate by Ullica Segerstråle chronicles the intense discussion in the wake of E.O Wilson's book "Sociobiology" from 1975. Read more (20 min, 5100 words).

A Quickie on Cancel Culture Questions

27 January, 202117 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 9 Comments

A quick, improvised post inspired by a question put to me on Twitter. Read more (4 min, 1000 words).

Fantasia for Two Voices

17 November, 202017 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 12 Comments

A dialog on how everything is. Read more (6 min, 1600 words).

Picking Apart Eugenics

17 February, 202017 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 13 Comments

A quick-and-dirty piece on what the hell people mean by "eugenics", promted by the fallout from a tweet by Richard Dawkins.
Read more(7 min, 1700 words).

It’s Not So Only

28 January, 202017 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 10 Comments

Are mental illnesses actual illnesses or are they unusual preferences? Or maybe this is a non-issue because it's only about words? Well, that's not so only. Read more (8 min, 1900 words).

Erisology, Round Three

22 November, 201917 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 1 Comment

Third attempt at a relatively user-friendly introduction to what "erisology" means.
Read more (10 min, 2600 words).

Cat Couplings

30 October, 20196 May, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 15 Comments

"I prefer honest argumentation to dishonest rhetoric." Do I mean that rhetoric is essentially dishonest, or am I talking about the kind of rhetoric that's dishonest? That's a cat coupling. Read more (7 min, 1800 words).

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