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Principles of Human Society – Updated!
After many years of contemplation, I have reluctantly come to the following conclusions. Here they are in a nutshell. Fundamental Principle #1: Law of Infinite Hypergamy. The higher the percentage of women in power, the more porous a nation’s borders will be, in order to expand high status women’s potential mating pool of males to an infinite asymptote. This is commonly called “saving refugees”. Corollary to Law of Infinite Hypergamy: vanishing borders are the clearest sign that one lives in a wholly dominant matriarchy. Fundamental Principle...
read moreRobert E Howard Days in Cross Plains
T-Shirt. This one is hard to find. Howard’s personal books rescued from several libraries. The front of Howard’s home. It was only 3 rooms when he lived there. He lived and wrote on this back porch. Inside the house. Festival goers and the annual...
read moreHow to Write Science Fiction – 9
More tropes to avoid, a discussion of ethnicity, n another example of an opening paragraph.
read moreThe Trouble With STEM – 7
My latest Substack post. This one is controversial. Click here to subscribe.
read moreHow to Write Sci-Fi – 8
My latest on How to Write Sci-Fi – 8. – – – Continuing my series of posts on how to write fiction with special emphasis on science fiction since that is what I write. TROPES. Good writers don’t use tropes. These are off-the-shelf situations or characters that have been so overused that they have become unbelievable or tiresome to most readers. If you have seen it more than once before, it probably qualifies as a trope. TV commercials are awash in tropes, as are most Hollywood movies because it is easier to sell...
read moreMy Latest Substack post: The Trouble with STEM – 6
To recap: I recently ran across an online post by a person trained in STEM, calling for colleges to no longer teach any subject except Science, Technology, Engineering, n Math. Others asked if he were serious n he said he was. Many people tried to get him to modify his position but he insisted that only STEM should ever be taught in colleges. IMO, this has led to serious mistakes n misunderstandings by this person, n by other persons, especially engineers in my experience, when they stray from their fields of expertise n decide they know...
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I am continuing my series of posts on Substack on How to Write Sci-fi. I am not entirely sure if I am handling Substack correctly. I guess I’ll find out soon. On the way: more articles on how to write. And more articles in my series on The Trouble with STEM. Not to neglect my posts on myth, religion, n the Cult of Wokism. [For the full post, please subscribe via the Substack link on the Landing page]
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