Re: Public Schools Science Education: What Biology teachers are forced to teachn

"Jerry Abbott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > > > > snip rant.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I suppose a male WASP, knowing that he has all the advantages
in
> > > > > > > the world, might fear the anger of those he has repressed, or
> > > > > > > might fear the loss of his unfair advantages.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If there is a conspiracy, they have done a rotten job at
> > > > > > > making life better for themselves.  What you do not see is
> > > > > > > that if we could look at the world through color blind and
> > > > > > > sexist blind glasses, everyone would be better off.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That casual use of "if" represents what is actually an
> > insurmountable
> > > > > > hurdle, since the natural law of life is competition for
> resources,
> > > struggle
> > > > > > for mastery, and it has never been otherwise.  You might as well
> say
> > > that if
> > > > > > everyone would obey the law, there wouldn't need to be any
jails,
> or
> > > if
> > > > > > everyone would be polite, there'd never be any fights.  You can
as
> > > > > > efficaciously lecture two bucks fighting over the right to mate
> with
> > > the
> > > > > > does as lecture human groups on the importance of multiracial
> > harmony.
> > > > >
> > > > > Human beings are social creatures, for the most part we do
> > > > > geat along.
> > > > >
> > > > > > The problem for my race isn't fundamentally that we have
acquired
> > the
> > > > > > animosity of other races.  The problem is that Whites are
> disunited,
> > > prone
> > > > > > to undercutting each other for selfish gain or for superficial
> > > political
> > > > > > goals, not imbued with a sense of race consciousness, not
> empowered
> > by
> > > > > > racial loyalty.  The Jews are, in this respect, far better off
> than
> > > Whites,
> > > > > > and it shows in their ability to dominate the political and
> > financial
> > > > > > systems of the world despite their small proportion of its
> > population.
> > > If
> > > > > > we had the clannishness that they have, it would not matter what
> any
> > > other
> > > > > > racial group throught of us, just as it didn't matter, in the
long
> > > run, what
> > > > > > the American Indians thought of us.
> > > > >
> > > > > What you call your race, as you yourself have noted,
> > > > > is a very small similarity in your genes, We are all
> > > > > brothers and sisters compared to most other animal
> > > > > species.
> > > > >
> > > > > > We are, in one respect, superior to the Jews.  Specifically, we
> > don't
> > > need
> > > > > > our conquests subsidized by foreign groups.  We can take care of
> the
> > > costs
> > > > > > quite nicely "in-house" by means of our own industrious
enterprise
> > and
> > > > > > energy, whereas they seldom do, which indicates that in general
> they
> > > cannot.
> > > > > > But this is a superiority that won't matter unless we first gain
a
> > > general
> > > > > > racial unification, a sense of our identity as a people, and an
> > > incentive to
> > > > > > work, at long last, for our own advancement and not let
ourselves
> be
> > > bled
> > > > > > for foreign interests.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a better idea.  Why don't we all interbred and get rid of
> > > > > races once and for all.
> > > > >
> > > > > Larry
> > > > >
> > > > Problem is.....  We have done a lot of this already but humans still
> can
> > > > "see" differences even when there aren't any.  It seems our ability
to
> > do
> > > > this, that is, use nationalism to rally diverse groups of people
> behind
> > a
> > > > common goal has brought us to where we are today.  In the past when
> > there
> > > > were just small groups it worked well but in a modern world I am
> afraid
> > it
> > > > is just so much evolutionary baggage.
> > >
> > > That's not correct.  Rather, a lot of humans can see differences that
> you
> > > don't see.  And it isn't so much that you don't see them, as that you
> have
> > > been taught that it is polite to deny them.
> >
> > You are confused by superficial differences . Our species is very
uniform
> > compared to other species because of a bottleneck in our evolution about
> > 100,000 years ago. Indeed, there is more genetic diversity within the
> tribe
> > than between tribes. The content of our character really is more
important
> > that the color of our skins.
>
>
> *Some* of the differences (such as skin color) are superficial.  Others
> (such as intelligence, characteristic type of behavior) are important.
But
> all of the differences, whatever their importance, counts in terms of
> whether the other person is within the tribal group, or outside of it.
Even
> the superficial differences signal our instinct.  So talking to ME about
> superficiality isn't going to do one bit of good.  Talk to God.  Tell him
> what a mistake He made.
>
>
> > > And, no, nationalism isn't evolutionary baggage.
> >
> > That is correct. Nationalism is an artificial designation. It replaced
the
> > loyalties of the previous Feudal system.
>
>
> I meant that it isn't BAGGAGE, meaning that it's there for a reason and
not
> something we can advantageously dispense with.  I didn't mean that it
isn't
> an expression of an evolved instinct.  The Feudal system was another
> manifestation of the tribal hierarchical system.
>
>
> > > It is what brought peoples
> > > together so that their maximum powers could be realized.  Peoples who
> > won't
> > > do this suffer a great disadvantage in struggles with peoples that do.
> >
> > There is a difference between biological adaptation and cultural
> adaptation.
> > Biological adaptation takes generations, and involves the slow
replacement
> > of the old forms with the new form. For a people to adopt the concept of
> > nationalism, they just have to read a pamplet.
>
>
> You think that nationalism is a political invention.  That's not true.
> Nationalism is a political expression of a tribal instinct, which evolved
> along with the other behavior common to primates.
>
>
> > > Nationalism is a political expression of tribalism, which operates in
> > > accordance with primate behavior as evolved by natural law.
> >
> > So is the idea that we are all brothers and sisters.
>
>
> No, that idea isn't in accordance with primate behavior.  The natural code
> of behavior, the one that evolved among primates, is the tribal code.  It
is
> a dual code of amity-enmity.  The tribe's members practice the
> friendly-generous part of the code for members, but the cautious-hostile
> part of the code toward outsiders.
>
>
> > > Evolution has,
> > > in the past, selected some species of hominids (e.g. Homo habilis) to
> > > prevail and for other species (e.g. Australopithecus Robustus) to
> perish.
> > > This is the law of nature, and the process, in a general sense, will
> never
> > > stop.  The denial that this is the reality is foolishness and
weakness,
> > and
> > > a race that will not struggle for its own advancement will lose its
> place
> > on
> > > Earth.
> >
> > You are confusing your irrational hatred of certain ethnic groups with
the
> > Theory of Evolution. Hatred is only one of many responses that evolution
> has
> > endowed us with. We also have the capability of love, compassion,
thought
> > and foresight. And there is no reason why we can't recognize the entire
> > world as the "true tribe."
>
>
> I got my perspective on human racial/ethnic groups by becoming familiar
with
> evolution.  We do have the capability for love, compassion, etc.  But over
> the millennia, it has turned out that the human groups that practice the
> dual-code fare better, gain advantages, over those that do not.  It
follows
> that any group who practices universal tolerance and brotherly love for
> racially foreign groups is on the way to extinction.
>
> Jerry Abbott
>
>