The Social Pathologist

The Diseases of Modern Life as seen through the Secular Confessional

Monday, June 27, 2011

Careerism.

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A few days ago Roissy put up a post discussing the subject of female careerism.   The main thrust of Rossy's argument was that careerism...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Athens Burning

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It's an old article but a good one and pertinent once again to contemporary financial events. It is perhaps an inherent problem whereve...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Philosophy

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Grief is impossible without love.
Monday, June 20, 2011

In Memoriam

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Today my best friend died. I picked him from the litter (more like he picked me) and I held him in my arms as he died. Harry (2000-201...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Cool Britannia: Chav Empire.

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The things you see at Royal Ascot. On ladies day no less! It's all class. Elgar's Britain is dead. So sad. (From The Dai...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Some thoughts on Economics.

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Recently Ferdinand Bardamu put up quite a good post arguing the merits of a guaranteed living income . Voxday has also put up a couple of ...
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Skin Cancer, Osteoporosis and Modesty. Multiparametrism.

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Australia is blessed with sun to the degree that Canada is blessed with snow. It's exceptional for it not to be sunny here.  As a conseq...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Austrian Slutwalkers: A tale of two Autists.

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Most of the manospehere has rightly condemned the slutwalk phenomenon for the idiocy that it is.  In the end what the sluts are protesting a...
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Thursday, June 09, 2011

Tragic

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Shoppers' shock as man proposes in mall food court........... and is REJECTED. Cringe. He may not feel that great at the moment but h...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Human Nature as a Parametric Limit.

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In the post on engine design, commentator R Brockman made the following comment; The interesting question is whether there are multiple sta...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Happiness as a Multiparametric Optimisation.

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Men usually find some degree of happiness in the satisfaction of their desires. The hungry man is a happy when fed, the thirsty man, after a...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Supercharger.

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In the post on engine design, commentator R Brockman made the following comment; The interesting question is whether there are multiple...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

A Digression.

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To tell the truth, I'm not actually that interested in the Dominiqe Strauss-Kahn controversy. High powered officials have a long history...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Engine Design.

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Modern auto engines are marvelously complex pieces of machinery. Over a century of improvement has resulted in engines that are lighter, mor...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Engine Failure.

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In the previous post, I tried to illustrate, using the engine example, of how optimising for one paramenter in a multiparametric system, may...
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Saturday, May 07, 2011

Chipping the Engine.

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Modern passenger car engines, such as this one , are conservatively designed.  Their components are not stressed to their limits in order to...
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Friday, May 06, 2011

The Law of Parabolic Returns.

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There are several intellectual assumptions which I feel are at the root of many of society's maladies. One of the them is what I would c...
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011

An Interesting Article.

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One of the reasons why I think the Modern West is in decline is because the political theory upon which it is premised is based on a misunde...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Speculation on Beauty.

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A week or so ago, Roissy linked to another series of female facial composites . Here, beautiful actresses were paired together over several ...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Homophily and Psychological Entropy.

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Following up on the previous post I thought I would link a few studies on the subject of homophily. (I've decided not to provide an ex...
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