Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 25
Police have gotten a bad rap in our politics lately, but it's important to understand the difficult and vital work that police do every day to make civilization possible.
Remember, police have to deal with some of the biggest assholes and idiots on the planet, every day, for years.
Demonizing the police is not an intelligent political position.
Although, of course, minorities have a right to demand humane policing.
This channel, Police Activity, is an amazing collection of raw footage of police and the scumbags they have to deal with on a daily basis. Have a look for yourself. I was binge-watching this channel for hours.
Yes, of course, police — just like the best scientists — make mistakes. But you will only appreciate that when you understand how difficult policing and science are. If you tried to do policing or science yourself, you'd be much more empathetic about the situation.
Now this is survival:
If you are too liberal as a parent, a coyote may run off with your kid :D
Now you understand why parents are anal.
You also understand why kids scream like they are being dragged by a coyote.
A conservative is one who appreciates that a coyote may be lurking around every bush.
Our galaxy contains an estimated 1 trillion planets. Some 10-20% of them are in the habitable zone.
Large uninhabitable gas-giant planets can have as many as 80 moons each, some larger than of the size of Earth's moon.
There are an estimated 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe.
Let the scope of Infinity sink in.
Humans are so dumb for thinking they are anywhere close to understanding this thing.
This YT channel features a fascinating series of videos briefly illustrating the evolution of the major families of creatures on Earth:
A great topic for how to improve our politics:
I'm guilty of being too dismissive about persuading people, when actually it is necessary. Anand's points are exactly correct and would help pave the way for what I call Tier 2 Conscious Politics.
Surprisingly fun:
You can actually buy it on Amazon.
