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  • flora_explora@beehaw.orgtoScience Memes@mander.xyzthe living dead
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    7 days ago

    Hm no, the problem is much more at the roots of science than you think. Most of biology is based on humans’ biased assumptions and expectations. For example, only when queer theory was developed did biologists really grasp how much deviant the animal kingdom in regards to sex, gender and sexuality actually is.

    Just think how many layers deep this is: humans exist -> develop social structures -> develop social constructs that feel essential -> try to describe their own biology through the lense of all the prior layers -> develop awareness about some social constructs -> revisit their own biology but still with a lot of biases

    What you express by saying that it isn’t possible anymore to just speak about biology is imo rather an expression of denying certain advancements we’ve made. Our ideas and models of biology a few decades ago may have been simpler, but not more true. We’ve just realized to some extend how complex biology is and how our prior models have made many poor assumptions.

    EO Wilson is having his own concepts and biases of human societies and projects them onto this pseudoscientific narrative. He is obviously not aware of his own position in society and how it shapes his assumptions.









  • No worries, “being smug over the meanings of words that aren’t ever actually used in a consistent way” is done over here in Europe as well. People have the exact same conversations you list as examples. I would even go so far and say that this is true for the whole world and throughout time, a human condition. I would also think that it really isn’t about the words/language, but rather about having control over the conversation and power over others.


  • flora_explora@beehaw.orgtoScience Memes@mander.xyz>:(
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    23 days ago

    Looked it up because I hadn’t heard of it. Wikipedia say the following:

    Common names in English include Indian borage, country borage, French thyme, Indian mint, Mexican mint, Cuban oregano, broad leaf thyme, soup mint, Spanish thyme.

    What? So does it taste like a mix of borage, thyme, mint and oregano?? Sure, they are all Lamiaceae (except for borage), but they have wildly different aromas!



  • Boah Leute, ich finde die Reaktionen hier echt erschreckend. Der Artikel ist sicherlich recht hart geschrieben. Aber das ja auch aus einem sehr guten Grund. Seit zig Jahrzehnten gibt es viele laute feministische Stimmen, die eben eine Reflexion und ein Umdenken von Männern fordern. Und seit genauso langer Zeit hat sich so ziemlich gar nix bewegt. Der feministische Diskurs schreitet voran, aber Männer scheinen da nicht mitmachen zu wollen. Alles, was in dem Artikel zu Gewaltdelikten steht, ist doch schon vielfach überall belegt. Und ja, der überwiegende Großteil der Männer trägt zu Sexismus, Gewalterfahrungen, Übergriffen, etc bei. Da braucht ihr euch jetzt hier nicht alle gegenseitig bestätigen, dass das nicht so wäre.

    Ich bin voll bei der Autorin, dass Empathie von Seiten von Flinta Personen einfach nicht mehr viel da ist. Kriegt euren Scheiß endlich mal auf die Reihe und macht nicht weiter das Leben eurer Mitmenschen zur Hölle. Macht Therapie, bitte!

    Hier paar Leseempfehlungen (von Kim Posster zusammengestellt):

    https://kimposster.blackblogs.org/links-und-empfehlungen/