sociology

Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological.

In my opinion, the author-level metric can distort a real author's citation impact. For example, an author who has an h-index = 2 obtained on the basis of two published papers of which each is cited twenty times is more influential than an author who has an h-index = 3 obtained on the basis of three published papers of which each is cited three times.

Many people think that the theory of the selfish gene says that __nimals try to spread their genes._ That misstates the facts and it misstates the theory. Animals, including most people, know nothing about genetics and care even less. People love their children not because they want to spread their genes (consciously or unconsciously) but because they can__ help it. That love makes them try to keep their children warm, fed, and safe. What is selfish is not the real motives of the person but the metaphorical motives of the genes that built the person. Genes __ry_ to spread themselves by wiring animals_ brains so the animals love their kin and try to keep warm, fed, and safe.

Us" versus "them" is not in our genes. It is something we learn.

The unstated premise that nature is nice lies behind many of the objections to the Darwinian theory of human sexuality. Carefree sex is natural and good, it is assumed, so if someone claims that men want it more than women do, it would imply that men are mentally healthy and women neurotic and repressed. That conclusion is unacceptable, so the claim that men want carefree sex more than women do cannot be correct. Similarly, sexual desire is good, so if men rape for sex (rather than to express anger towards women), rape would not be as evil. Rape is evil; therefore the claim that men rape for sex cannot be correct. More generally, what people instinctively like is good, so if people like beauty, beauty would be a sign of worth. Beauty is not a sign of worth, so the claim that people like beauty cannot be correct.These kinds of arguments combine bad biology (nature is nice), bad psychology (the mind is created by society), and bad ethics (what people like is good). Feminism would lose nothing by giving them up.

Our evolution depends on our memory. If we keep forgetting the mistakes of the past, only to keep repeating them, then we will never change. Humanity will never move forward, spiritually or morally, to become superior beings.

Argumentation is a human enterprise that is embedded in a larger social and psychological context. This context includes (1) the total psyches of the two persons engaged in dialogue, (2) the relationship between the two persons, (3) the immediate situation in which they find themselves and (4) the larger social, cultural and historical situation surrounding them.

Wherever you work, work hard and educate yourself continuously. You must never forget social welfare, ethics and honesty. However, there is no guarantee for your career progression. Therefore, don't expect that only the best people will be promoted.

Success is mainly the result of hard work.

In reality, there is no highway to success. Therefore, be prepared for difficulties.

Those who have no knowledge are often willing to occupy influential positions with the aim of acquiring every possible benefit.

If you cannot solve a problem, ask someone who knows.

In general, sharing and using things decreases their value. However, knowledge increases by implementation and especially by sharing among people.

Openness to change is key to implementing new knowledge. That is why one who is indifferent to change is not a friend of knowledge.

There is a huge difference between thinking we know something and actually knowing something.

Write about society as news and treat it like sociology.

If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.