Re: Frankfurt School (Re: What does an evolutionist actually believe?)


"Aardvark J. Bandersnatch, MP, BLT, DOA" <someonelse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb
im Newsbeitrag news:jydkf.591150$x96.487897@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Sylvia Knörr" <Sylvia.Knoerr_NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > I was just making an
> >> example: we tend to mate-preference those who are very similar but with
a
> >> bit of difference. It's good for the gene pool, which apparently has
one end
> >> that is very shallow.

> > What does that mean, "one end that is very shallow"?

> It was a pun on the word "pool" and two of its meanings, implying that the
> gene pool is like a swimming pool. Most swimming pools have a shallow end
> for the young, the old, the weak, and those who've not learned to swim.
The
> gene pool has a shallow end where genetic variety is seriously limited.

Hehe, now I get it. But with people being mobile and interbreeding all
around the world I am quite optimistic about the human gene pool. :-)

> >> It is interesting, however, that some of the most crowded of people;
> >> e.g., the Japanese, have managed to live without having serious
> >> person-to-person
> >> violence (aside from the occasional civil war) while less-crowded
cultures;
> >> e.g., America, have on-going problems with p2p violence. The reason,
here
> >> again, I think, is the underlying cultural sense that the society (the
band,
> >> the group) is more important than the individual. Thus we can see how
> >> cultures can become counter-productive at a very basic level, even when
> >> the tendency and counter-productivity can easily be seen.

> > The Japanese are a "face" culture, for Japanese people it is very
important
> > to "save face", and the public display of aggression is one way to LOSE
> > face. So maybe it is not only the group bondages which lead to the high
> > degree of discipline in the Japanese society (as well as several other
> > Asian societies).
> > Japanese have tight rules of etiquette and arrangements just to avoid
> > embarrassing situations. Of course, that's just ONE aspect of the full
> > package of reasons why Eastern and Western societies are quite
different.

> Let me think about this for a day or two, please.

As long as you please. You practice Asian contemplation? ;-)


> >> BTW, and apropos of nothing -- which day of the calendar is "Bitt und
> >> Bett Tag"?

> > LOL. You mean "Buß- und Bettag" (literally: day of penance and prayer).
> > It's a Protestant holiday in November (no fixed day), and it used to be
a
> > national holiday until the 90ies, but now it's no longer work free
(except
> > in Saxony). Like most holidays in November, it is a "quiet" holiday,
when
> > people are expected to observe meditation and spiritual purification.
> > This year it was November 16th.
> > P.S: "Bitt und Bett Tag" would literally mean "day of petition and bed"
> > :-))

> It's been some thirty years since I've written or spoken German at all. My
> skills are seriously deteriorated.

No worries. Why should you keep German vocabulary in mind for 30 years when
you don't need them? Too much unused data blocks the brain! :-))

> Then again, if you knew my second ex-wife, you could see how "petition"
and
> "bed" might actually go together. ;>

Hmm, this gets my imagination turned on...:-))


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