What, ultimately, is the cause of the decay happening in the West? Reader carolyn writes: [do] all young women nowadays go for the alpha exclusively, disdain the beta? there must be women even now who size themselves up realistically. and don’t shoot for the unattainable, or more accurately, the alpha who’ll use them but never … Read more
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Are our choice in pets a reflection of our sexual natures as they are or how we wish then to be? A reader: Wanted to ask you – do you think it is typical for beta males to favor cats as pets and alpha males to favor dogs as pets? I’m asking this because all … Read more
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We have previously proved that overconfidence — the “irrational” (is it really irrational when it gets you what you want?) belief that you are better than you really are — will bring you more success with women than having a realistic appraisal of yourself. Poon Commandment XI — be irrationally self-confident — was thus validated … Read more
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This is not mine. Jim Bowery, a commenter over at The Inductivist (a blog I occasionally indulge), tells the parable of the smart birds manipulated by the genius birds. I link to it because it is very good in that way parables are supposed to be good: by illuminating ancient and immutable dynamics in human … Read more
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Posted in Self-aggrandizement, Vanity on Jan 24th, 2012
From a reader: Wasn’t going to go out tonight, but decided a few beers were in order after watching Gingrich bullshit his way thru another debate. Long story short…in the beer garden, overheard a tall skinny herb explaining his desire to kill himself over a woman. Long story short, after disciplining him over giving two … Read more
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Pop quiz: What’s the one major consumer expense that has been rising at a faster rate than healthcare? Take a look at this chart: Academia. What a scam. In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled in Griggs v. Duke Power Co., in the first and most famous of the disparate impact theory cases, that the use … Read more
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Read this study abstract closely. It’s important in a SCIENCE ♥s GAME kind of way. Confidence is an essential ingredient of success in a wide range of domains ranging from job performance and mental health to sports, business and combat. Some authors have suggested that not just confidence but overconfidence—believing you are better than you … Read more
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Barack Obama, June 4, 2008 (via Mangan’s): Now let me be clear. Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable. . . . Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel’s identity as a jewish state, with secure, recognized, defensible borders. Barack Obama, January 6, 2012: Illegal immigrants closely related to U.S. citizens would no … Read more
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Chuck Rudd over at GLPiggy has a funny post about a chick elaborating the kind of man every woman deserves. Needless to say, it’s the very Moloko Plus of female self-absorption. (What’re you offering in return, sweet cheeks? An ass the size of a barn door?) A commenter wonders where the equivalent “Every man deserves…” … Read more
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Over at Steve Sailer’s, there’s a discussion going on about Japan’s slow economic growth and aging population not reflecting the reality of good living standards on the Japanese ground, something that you will rarely see addressed by mainstream American economists with their corporatist agendas to push. This comment by Anonymous is insightful: It’s about “Who, … Read more
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