Posts by David Hood
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From Toitū (Otago Settlers Museum). I'm not even going to try and explain this one.
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Another high contrast photo, is one from the rose garden
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And the inevitable
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It's a hard light day in Dunedin, so I thought I'd take a picture where high contrast was desirable.
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How could I have forgotten the first professional gig of Jon Bon Jovi "R2-D2, We wish you a Merry Christmas" from the Star Wars Christmas album of yore.
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Before the rain this afternoon, it was a bit of a grey day today.
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Congratulations kebabette
Nice pictures everyone
Speaking of "is that even allowed?" I seem to be on the short list twice, which could have been awkward. -
I was out at Orokanui Ecosanctuary today, and while most things were too under the canopy for good photos (the kaka) or not sitting still (the fernbird) I did get this nice shot of a Grey Warbler
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Steven, before typing a key hit one of the shift keys on the keyboard to toggle out of the capitalised first letter.
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why are we so invested in differences
I tend to view pop evolutionary psychology explanations as the equivalent of phrenology in the 1800s or social Darwinism in the 1920s- a justification for the social world being as it is. To which people who believe otherwise could say I am ignoring obvious common sense evidence of their positions. Justifications tend to be pretty generational as the social circumstances that support them change (the big example of this is the shift over gay marriage in the U.S.) But in general, arguing with a justification does not get you far, as it is a symptom of a social belief rather than a cause (which is why I tend to stop at "can we all agree that x is a problem" specifics, rather than try for a "is a problem because...").
Emphasising differences is a pretty common human trait. This is evolutionarily useful in providing social cohesion. (Of course I could just have easily have made a more or less opposite conclusion that it is evolutionary useful for recognising and dealing with difference).
I should note I don't have a problem with actual evolutionary psychology of the level that "all apes seem to want to raise kittens and puppies, which suggests domestication may not have been a sudden, radical step"
Less evolutionary psychologically, I would suggest humans tend to form categories, and use those categories for saving effort in subsequent thinking.
