Category Archives: Science

Academia Down The Memory Hole

Posted on October 3, 2018 by The Political Hat

     George Orwell introduced us to the concept of the “Memory Hole”, where inconvenient documents and records are disappeared as if they never existed. In the novel 1984, this memory hole was a literal hole that lead to an incinerator that … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Broke: Mathematics; Woke: STEAM; Bespoke: Social Justice Mathematics

Posted on September 27, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: 2 + 2 = 5      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading →

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Transing Academia

Posted on September 26, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Yuval Levin pointed out in the book “Tyranny of Reason”, a religious limitation to objective scientific study by, IIRC, Aquinas that stipulated that observation and reason ought to be paramount provided that such evidence is not construed to contradict devine … Continue reading →

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Outlawing Un-woke Psychological Therapies

Posted on September 3, 2018 by The Political Hat

     One of the justifications for outlawing “Gay conversation therapy” that seeks to help those with an unwanted physical/romantic attraction to those of the same sex is that such therapies are harmful and even cause people to kill themselves, as has … Continue reading →

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They Day

Posted on August 31, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The “trans” movement is inherently at odds with the biological reality that is intuitively obvious to the most casual (non-indoctrinated) observer. In order to push the “fantasy” that we are somehow not a sexually dimorphic species, our very words must … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Cisnormativity: In Anime; In Preschool; In Human Behavior

Posted on August 30, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: It’s like we’re a sexually dimorphic species that perpetuates itself through … Continue reading →

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The White Patriarchy’s Greatest Weapon Against Women of Color: Menses

Posted on August 28, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Apparently non-White women never menstruated before the White Man came along: W H A T Pls someone tell me this is a joke. Holy shit 馃槀馃槅馃ぃ 鈥淲hite people are the cause of periods and Asians and middle eastern people are … Continue reading →

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When Natural and Normal is Problematic

Posted on August 21, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Human beings are a sexually dimorphic species, with physical and actual physiological differences, whose continued survival as a species necessitates biological males and biological females engage in a congress of the sexes (i.e. coitus) and both our biological drive and … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Fragile Youth: Happy Badges; Pronoun Stickers; Triggering Textbooks

Posted on August 9, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Gotta protect those emotionally fragile feelings!      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Queering Ecology

Posted on August 8, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The Eugene Lang College is offering a course on “Queer Ecologies“. The course summary is: “This course will address the interdisciplinary constellation of practices that aim, in different ways, to disrupt prevailing heterosexist discursive and institutional articulations of sexuality and … Continue reading →

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