Well, here is one: Crap about “Intentional change” = stuff government will probably try to make us do, if it gets votes: The Evolution Institute says it
uses evolutionary science to solve real-world problems. Currently, there is no mechanism for applying current theory and research to public policy formulation. We aim to provide the mechanism. Working with our large network of advisors, we can:
Identify and assemble the evolutionary expertise for virtually any topic relevant to human welfare.
Organize workshops, coordinate the writing of position papers, and provide advisors. Assist in the implementation of the policies that we formulate.
Does that include SWAT teams?
Curiously, it took a Canadian to publicize how many semi-useless bureaucrats in the United States have SWAT teams.
For better or worse, we live in a world of our own making and must use our knowledge to manage our affairs. It is time to make use of the knowledge provided by evolutionary theory.
Why do I keep remembering what I learned about WWII, every time I read this kind of thing? ( – O’Leary for News)
In case you proles even want to know what will be coming down the pike: Some offerings from. literally, The New Science of Intentional Change:
Beyond Genetic Evolution. Evolution And The Coming Interspiritual Age: A Conversation With Kurt Johnson:
Kurt Johnson is a rare specimen. He is an evolutionary biologist who specializes in the taxonomy of butterflies and has named hundreds of species. He was also a Christian monk and is currently a leader among an international movement called Interspirituality, as he recounts in his book titled The Coming Interspiritual Age.
So that would be the time when Islamic justice and the Catholic Church and Buddhism reach a common policy on stoning adulterers to death? (WARNING re all such vids).
The really interesting thing about all this “evolution” garbage is how retro it is. The world is actually going “backward” in terms of civil liberties.
Oh, and this: Evolving a More Nurturing Capitalism: A New Powell Memo:
Is it possible that evolutionary theory can explain how the U.S. came to have the highest levels of child poverty and economic inequality of any developed nation?
Hmmm. A lot might depend on what “child poverty” and “economic inequality” mean in context.
Canada shares the world longest undefended border with the United States. But we almost never get starving Americans asking for refuge.
Weird?
Also, the United States has a large number of high tech billionaires, which probably skews the rankings. Funny no one noticed.
Why not wait till lots of Americans are showing up at Canadian soup kitchens before we conclude that anything in particular is happening.
Oh wait, that might take a really long time. And everyone knows that evolution happens whenever a salaried airhead decides it does. Best if the airhead is a full professor.
You get the picture. Vote for it, pay for it, get more of it.
Also note the encomium on the founder of sociobiology, E.O. Wilson, a questionable figure at best.
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