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On Being Asked Why Preserving Life Is Only Beneficial from a Human Perspective

Posted on 03/08/2022 by oligomath

“a forest you can hunt deer or gather a particular herb in” in is worth preserving but “the life of an arbitrary deer or a particular plant” is not. the preservation of the former, which you could science up into … Continue reading →

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On Extinction Rebellion et al.

Posted on 09/07/2022 by oligomath

the class war element is wrong because these people are not nobles. they’re workers and petty bourgeois. they are dressed in working men’s clothes. people aren’t stopping because there’s a feudal relation of duty between them. they are stopping because … Continue reading →

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Christianity is Not Ecological

Posted on 21/06/2022 by oligomath

the Christian worldview is deeply anti-ecological which nobody really wants to draw out at length except a few gaians, and which is only seriously considered either by liberals (who… you know, are liberal about it) or crazy intelligent design / … Continue reading →

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Some Academic Gaians

Posted on 13/05/2022 by oligomath

i saw an interesting variation of “consequences” on twitter yesterday unfortunately again i got exposed to an academic fetishmining by posting an “anonymous” comment and getting her coperverts to identify and punish him. the interesting thing is that one of … Continue reading →

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Kim Stanley Robinson Was Not Exaggerating

Posted on 08/05/2022 by oligomath

i thought the Reds in the Mars Trilogy were an absurd extrapolation of anti-human sentimental nature worshippers until yesterday i saw a clique on Twitter talking about how Yikes Nobody Gets To Light a Campfire Anywhere It’s Current Year because … Continue reading →

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