The urge to group humans by those who invented race was not just about delusions of their own superiority, was also about an easier handle.
Like in the United States for American slaveowners, group punishment required group identification.
But is like with the label Asian as used in my country. To an American racist, if you have some people from China, some people from South Korea, North Korea and Japan in the same room? They are to THAT racist all SIMPLY Asians.
And said person may make various claims about them as a group, as if their nationalities were irrelevant. But also if they are subordinate in some way, like are employees at same company? That racist might talk of a group policy--towards Asians.
So is also a way to lower the importance of human difference. Like by claiming that frictions for historical reasons between Koreans, Chinese and Japanese are irrelevant for that person, an American racist can in effect claim that such things are tiny in comparison to a perceived greater dominance.
Does give me problems will admit, as various titles for groupings in the US have shifted finally to Black for many, or African American. But for Black folks who go visit the African continent, can be jolting have heard: In a place where your skin color does not supposedly provide any grouping at all.
Being dark skinned in Africa? Why would that be considered a race indicator?
Of course race is a social construct, and we can trace out why was constructed, but does not change continuing impacts. Like slave masters also wanted to be able to whip their slaves for punishment, but whipping an adult, never whipped? That person can go into shock and die. A solution might brutally use to prepare for the shock? -- Beat children to get them ready for the whip as adults. Was myself beaten with a leather belt by my father so brutally at 6 years old, my legs were bleeding. Slavery ended over 150 years ago. We have to face these things though.
Talk more on my blog Lost in Commentary: Facing the legacy of American slavery
So why not talk these things? I find the subject fascinating even though can be distressing. But one of the weird things about racists is the belief that they had awesome ancestors which makes them awesome too. So have noticed this insistence as if the history of American slavery somehow diminishes my ability. It does not.
Have talked some on my blog Seriously Commercial: Greek slaves would have laughed
People can have all kinds of wild ideas: especially when people wish to diminish or dominate others. But what YOU believe? Is still really up to you. I say that to also say: no excuses.
In our times the web lets truth flow freely. So you can read up on humanity, and learn how we are one species. You know, if you're actually curious, you know, about being human.
James Harris
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Friday, October 18, 2019
Friday, March 30, 2018
Protections against pressure
One thing might help me to admit is how much work, especially on my blogs, is designed to get ahead of potential pressure in certain areas.
For example long have been concerned could be pushed into being some kind of political figure. So came up with Core Middle Party where link goes to post on Lost in Commentary made October 27, 2011. My personal ideas for a political party which establishes my baseline on political positions as was easier to just make a complete one than not. Was like mental effort to establish SOME positions or mental effort to just get a complete political party? About the same I concluded. So yeah, may as well just make a complete one.
With my stated goal being to be out of politics as much as possible. Which to me makes sense that I would make up my own political party to stay out of politics. If puzzles you, maybe think about it until can figure out the logic.
Lots political is on Lost in Commentary where had my baseline public initial position on American racism, posted January 31, 2011. Where have finally clarified things with several posts more recently as look to be finished with the area. And re-reading it, is interesting how much has shifted even in how I talk the subject. Like compare with my latest post on subject on this blog. And am surprised at some of my phrasing back then. Is interesting to note too that science now says race is a social construct. Well DO like progress. Will leave older post authentic to its time and not fiddle with it.
Was important for me to be clear of race as soon as possible.
On business side was concerned about monetary pressure which remains a concern. But much work was done here. Like figured out my own analysis of how money flows, posted April 29, 2015. Where have LOTS of posts on more than one blog covering my position that money is just an abstraction of a favor with a social IOU backed by society itself. Is important though that with that position have a post on Lost in Commentary talking how money is introduced into the global economy, posted July 27, 2015.
These are posts that help me decide around certain potential pressure points, where others might maybe push for something or other. So am collecting here. What happens is I reference when needed and yeah can find posts, but is easier to have links in one place.
So have key posts that handle political, as well as ones related to international trade, global economy, and now have finished my political position on race as look to separate from area completely.
Works in progress are on areas where will make money myself! And will leave outside of this post concerns about employment things, or how to make money things. Mainly looking to be sure have completely handled these other things. I think I have. So is like, if for some reason reached a point where someone might want to ask me questions in these areas, would have important things, already answered.
James Harris
For example long have been concerned could be pushed into being some kind of political figure. So came up with Core Middle Party where link goes to post on Lost in Commentary made October 27, 2011. My personal ideas for a political party which establishes my baseline on political positions as was easier to just make a complete one than not. Was like mental effort to establish SOME positions or mental effort to just get a complete political party? About the same I concluded. So yeah, may as well just make a complete one.
With my stated goal being to be out of politics as much as possible. Which to me makes sense that I would make up my own political party to stay out of politics. If puzzles you, maybe think about it until can figure out the logic.
Lots political is on Lost in Commentary where had my baseline public initial position on American racism, posted January 31, 2011. Where have finally clarified things with several posts more recently as look to be finished with the area. And re-reading it, is interesting how much has shifted even in how I talk the subject. Like compare with my latest post on subject on this blog. And am surprised at some of my phrasing back then. Is interesting to note too that science now says race is a social construct. Well DO like progress. Will leave older post authentic to its time and not fiddle with it.
Was important for me to be clear of race as soon as possible.
On business side was concerned about monetary pressure which remains a concern. But much work was done here. Like figured out my own analysis of how money flows, posted April 29, 2015. Where have LOTS of posts on more than one blog covering my position that money is just an abstraction of a favor with a social IOU backed by society itself. Is important though that with that position have a post on Lost in Commentary talking how money is introduced into the global economy, posted July 27, 2015.
These are posts that help me decide around certain potential pressure points, where others might maybe push for something or other. So am collecting here. What happens is I reference when needed and yeah can find posts, but is easier to have links in one place.
So have key posts that handle political, as well as ones related to international trade, global economy, and now have finished my political position on race as look to separate from area completely.
Works in progress are on areas where will make money myself! And will leave outside of this post concerns about employment things, or how to make money things. Mainly looking to be sure have completely handled these other things. I think I have. So is like, if for some reason reached a point where someone might want to ask me questions in these areas, would have important things, already answered.
James Harris
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Intriguing power of explanation with race
One thing have found myself doing much is writing my own functional views on important things. Where to me predictive certainty is key to determining value: what can you DO with such things where get valid results?
Recently found myself talking race in several areas including here, but in a recent post declaring American racism nearly dead on my G+-- (Update August 10, 2019: Now gone so deleted link.)--has something wish to study more closely:
Which is a topic with personal implications for me, as grew up in the Deep South and of course racism was a concern. While I had a unique experience, as a result of being considered gifted, where have wondered about that much. For me became obvious when I'd face people struggling to try to maintain some sense of intrinsic superiority even when utterly failing to demonstrate with real world ability.
Is remarkable to reach a point where can write to me a simple sentence which encapsulates the most important concepts of such a powerfully destructive thing as concept of race.
Reason racists wanted some to be less than human was to justify exploiting them. Like you can exploit a human, but is it exploiting some beast of burden to pull a plow? Of course if you recognize humanity then not only is the exploitation wrong, but also demonstrates a laziness on your part if wish to live off the better efforts of your fellow humans.
It was pseudo-class in that the racists wished to give themselves an elevated position by birth. Where that is not recognized in the United States, which made it a fake class system. Unlike true class systems like in Europe.
And that is all there is to race. Modern science now calls a social construct. And you have an explanation from me on MY opinion of functional aspects, but with what power?
Actually can now deconstruct every aspect around race that you can witness in a society like in the United States. When people can understand something, in my experience? Then they can make better choices. Seems obvious to me.
So is American racism actually nearly dead? And answer is, yes. However, even with a relatively small percentage of Americans desperate to believe they are innately superior they can do a LOT of damage. And will do things to exploit others, which is remarkable to me. Like how can you believe YOU are superior by exploiting better ideas of some other person? They rationalize much I guess.
And of course you have disadvantaged populations still struggling to figure out their place in society, and how to have real opportunity. Especially if still routinely run into hostiles, fighting to both keep their treasured belief in innate superiority, and also hide from consequences in a society that is no longer openly tolerating it.
Merit rules ARE better of course. Web helps as people's behavior over time declares best who they are. Is much harder to hide ideas hostile to core humanity in our times. And much harder to simply build your success on exploiting others, without eventually getting caught.
As web enables information to flow, we learn better about our best behavior. Where can then find the value in sharing! Better ideas am sure help people. To me is that simple.
James Harris
Recently found myself talking race in several areas including here, but in a recent post declaring American racism nearly dead on my G+-- (Update August 10, 2019: Now gone so deleted link.)--has something wish to study more closely:
So educated folks now know that race was an invention--by racists, who were trying to arbitrarily select out some humans as sub-human in a pseudo-class system.
Which is a topic with personal implications for me, as grew up in the Deep South and of course racism was a concern. While I had a unique experience, as a result of being considered gifted, where have wondered about that much. For me became obvious when I'd face people struggling to try to maintain some sense of intrinsic superiority even when utterly failing to demonstrate with real world ability.
Is remarkable to reach a point where can write to me a simple sentence which encapsulates the most important concepts of such a powerfully destructive thing as concept of race.
Reason racists wanted some to be less than human was to justify exploiting them. Like you can exploit a human, but is it exploiting some beast of burden to pull a plow? Of course if you recognize humanity then not only is the exploitation wrong, but also demonstrates a laziness on your part if wish to live off the better efforts of your fellow humans.
It was pseudo-class in that the racists wished to give themselves an elevated position by birth. Where that is not recognized in the United States, which made it a fake class system. Unlike true class systems like in Europe.
And that is all there is to race. Modern science now calls a social construct. And you have an explanation from me on MY opinion of functional aspects, but with what power?
Actually can now deconstruct every aspect around race that you can witness in a society like in the United States. When people can understand something, in my experience? Then they can make better choices. Seems obvious to me.
So is American racism actually nearly dead? And answer is, yes. However, even with a relatively small percentage of Americans desperate to believe they are innately superior they can do a LOT of damage. And will do things to exploit others, which is remarkable to me. Like how can you believe YOU are superior by exploiting better ideas of some other person? They rationalize much I guess.
And of course you have disadvantaged populations still struggling to figure out their place in society, and how to have real opportunity. Especially if still routinely run into hostiles, fighting to both keep their treasured belief in innate superiority, and also hide from consequences in a society that is no longer openly tolerating it.
Merit rules ARE better of course. Web helps as people's behavior over time declares best who they are. Is much harder to hide ideas hostile to core humanity in our times. And much harder to simply build your success on exploiting others, without eventually getting caught.
As web enables information to flow, we learn better about our best behavior. Where can then find the value in sharing! Better ideas am sure help people. To me is that simple.
James Harris
Monday, March 19, 2018
Making sense then of race things
Having a functional perspective on race is useful, like my functional perspective on entertainment and in other areas, where like to emphasize now considered by science to be a social construct. But to what purpose? Why would any society construct such a concept?
In essence the British for a bit were certain there was something utterly more awesome about being, British. Those ideas in the US were grabbed and a scientific sheen for their times was added eventually, as yeah Sir Isaac Newton really introduced modern science. So was around.
Not many people around the world of course were exactly in agreement with the British ever, though on their supposed intrinsic awesomeness should note.
Well the 1950's arrive and DNA is found and some were like, woo hoo! As they figured could finally nail down this intrinsic inferiority they supposed was in supposedly lesser races and we know how that went. With science of genetics found we're all descended from humans who left Africa--so were dark-skinned. And we're all related more out here, than there with the folks who descended from those who stayed in Africa.
What a downer for some people am sure. So what about appearances?
Genetics gave answer there as well. Turns out humans are very malleable with regard to appearance related to climate, like will get longer noses in dry climates. And that's really it. And it's a small area of our genetic code as well. And is not at all meaningful to any important human characteristics like intelligence.
Oh so that functional on race thing part. Well after slavery ended in the US over 150 years ago, am thinking the former slaveowners who now were in charge still of much, in hiring people who HAD been slaves, did not value their work properly. Which was probably their honest assessment but then I suspect they noticed something--the deliberately lower pay was demoralizing and debilitating to those who were forced to take it.
And that became a business practice which swept the globe, which I say then, was learned after the end of American slavery by the people who had been slaveowners.
Turns out if you deliberately underpay humans it messes them up all kinds of ways. Gives YOU more money by taking what should have been shared, but also--helps you control them.
Like consider wild things in US: Black people are more likely to be underpaid, are less likely to have higher educational attainment, and vote less as a percentage than other groups.
So like in my home state of Georgia, USA, despite being roughly a third of the population, Black folks do not seem to wield much political clout! Is very odd, eh? Now have given explanation.
Of course we know that women also struggle with underpay, and now can understand why: makes them easier to control. In areas like the American entertainment industry, we have now learned what some people got with that extra control. Making highly desirable performers more malleable?
An incentive to pay less, with lessons I think learned, from watching people who had been slaves, disintegrate psychologically, when deliberately underpaid.
So yeah, was figured out on Black folks am saying, where the worst impacts are STILL there. Where was less potent when used against others, with women also singled out, apparently at least partly as sex objects for predators, who learned was way to help them victimize women, and men or any gender, and also, children. However, most of the effort apparently was at women who were trophies, in my opinion. I think the record reflects that but do worry about my own biases.
Web is cleaning things up. Like there is talking pay which makes it harder to deliberately underpay and get away with it, for most folks. With Black folks? You need to push. Oh yeah, if wondering how you can help, there you go. And again, asking questions can be useful. As get that person to question training that has been highly refined over more than 150 years to accept what should NOT be accepted.
So yeah, some quick questions to just about ANY American Black person and you can be like, huh?
The indoctrinated training is SO DEEP you can have puzzling conversations with Black folks in the US about why they do not ask for proper pay, why they too often do not vote, and why they so often do not strive for better educations.
Simple answer is: the people who trained them got them to do exactly what they wanted them to do.
Things which do not apply to me. I vote just fine, though have missed some, but for the usual reasons. I have been properly paid, and only faced underpay while studying some things. And have a degree in physics from Vanderbilt University. (How I escaped the dysfunctional training is an entirely different story though.)
Have puzzled much about strange conversations with other Black folks. And now I puzzle no more.
Why is it not all explained like above if so simple? Well if it were explained, wouldn't that get rid of it?
Web is finally getting around to that task which is why you know now.
And the British apparently are more humble these days too. Isn't progress grand?
James Harris
In essence the British for a bit were certain there was something utterly more awesome about being, British. Those ideas in the US were grabbed and a scientific sheen for their times was added eventually, as yeah Sir Isaac Newton really introduced modern science. So was around.
Not many people around the world of course were exactly in agreement with the British ever, though on their supposed intrinsic awesomeness should note.
Well the 1950's arrive and DNA is found and some were like, woo hoo! As they figured could finally nail down this intrinsic inferiority they supposed was in supposedly lesser races and we know how that went. With science of genetics found we're all descended from humans who left Africa--so were dark-skinned. And we're all related more out here, than there with the folks who descended from those who stayed in Africa.
What a downer for some people am sure. So what about appearances?
Genetics gave answer there as well. Turns out humans are very malleable with regard to appearance related to climate, like will get longer noses in dry climates. And that's really it. And it's a small area of our genetic code as well. And is not at all meaningful to any important human characteristics like intelligence.
Oh so that functional on race thing part. Well after slavery ended in the US over 150 years ago, am thinking the former slaveowners who now were in charge still of much, in hiring people who HAD been slaves, did not value their work properly. Which was probably their honest assessment but then I suspect they noticed something--the deliberately lower pay was demoralizing and debilitating to those who were forced to take it.
And that became a business practice which swept the globe, which I say then, was learned after the end of American slavery by the people who had been slaveowners.
Turns out if you deliberately underpay humans it messes them up all kinds of ways. Gives YOU more money by taking what should have been shared, but also--helps you control them.
Like consider wild things in US: Black people are more likely to be underpaid, are less likely to have higher educational attainment, and vote less as a percentage than other groups.
So like in my home state of Georgia, USA, despite being roughly a third of the population, Black folks do not seem to wield much political clout! Is very odd, eh? Now have given explanation.
Of course we know that women also struggle with underpay, and now can understand why: makes them easier to control. In areas like the American entertainment industry, we have now learned what some people got with that extra control. Making highly desirable performers more malleable?
An incentive to pay less, with lessons I think learned, from watching people who had been slaves, disintegrate psychologically, when deliberately underpaid.
So yeah, was figured out on Black folks am saying, where the worst impacts are STILL there. Where was less potent when used against others, with women also singled out, apparently at least partly as sex objects for predators, who learned was way to help them victimize women, and men or any gender, and also, children. However, most of the effort apparently was at women who were trophies, in my opinion. I think the record reflects that but do worry about my own biases.
Web is cleaning things up. Like there is talking pay which makes it harder to deliberately underpay and get away with it, for most folks. With Black folks? You need to push. Oh yeah, if wondering how you can help, there you go. And again, asking questions can be useful. As get that person to question training that has been highly refined over more than 150 years to accept what should NOT be accepted.
So yeah, some quick questions to just about ANY American Black person and you can be like, huh?
The indoctrinated training is SO DEEP you can have puzzling conversations with Black folks in the US about why they do not ask for proper pay, why they too often do not vote, and why they so often do not strive for better educations.
Simple answer is: the people who trained them got them to do exactly what they wanted them to do.
Things which do not apply to me. I vote just fine, though have missed some, but for the usual reasons. I have been properly paid, and only faced underpay while studying some things. And have a degree in physics from Vanderbilt University. (How I escaped the dysfunctional training is an entirely different story though.)
Have puzzled much about strange conversations with other Black folks. And now I puzzle no more.
Why is it not all explained like above if so simple? Well if it were explained, wouldn't that get rid of it?
Web is finally getting around to that task which is why you know now.
And the British apparently are more humble these days too. Isn't progress grand?
James Harris
Friday, March 16, 2018
Wacky cool story really
So to recap, Black guy, me, decided decades ago to put the kibosh on American racism with my own major discovery picking math to beat denial. I succeed, in 2002, and get denial anyway so just keep stacking up the major discoveries, including publication in 2004, showing a BIG hole in the current methodology that lets math guys fake results if they wish.
Flash forward, keep pumping out things, and web lets me know have pulled interest from 100+ countries, but somehow the money is missing! And I keep working at things, and go political, as well as define entertainment functionally.
Where lots of wild happen with the real world, where actually am involved there with MUCH, but that denial thing is STILL happening.
But web finally starts tearing enough of the old systems apart that maybe more people will believe me, while I get better at explaining my story? Maybe? Definitely practicing quite a bit.
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To me is a great story also in that is kind of ironic, given history of United States. Some Black dude gets the honor of my discoveries? Why not? Went looking for new ways with math because of American racism, I think. Also is probable there was a part of me drawn in that area. Potential apparently and motivation for lots of reasons and got the results. And at this point the deck is so stacked in my favor I succeeded it blows away any kind of sane doubt.
And of course now reject concept of race as science is now calling a social construct. Am certain was just made up by racists anyway and like to talk that opinion, and we are just one human race actually. So don't even feel resentment for any group by race as, got all that previous? No such thing really as a Black race, so no such thing really as any of the supposed others. We are one human species, whether we like it or not.
Can be simpler to use the old things for dramatic purposes though, as am doing with this post in calling myself a Black guy. Why not? May as well finally get some good use from racist crap. So yeah tone of this post is very different than others as VERY deliberately try to exploit.
And was right to worry how things might go as old systems collapsed but thanks to the web have lots of other examples! Like why fight to keep people from booking and paying for rides from their smartphone? Where getting those levels of attention without so much of the rest DID collapse my revenue making ability. Which has turned critical as have an eviction notice and just days away from being kicked out on the street.
The resistance to truth though. And having to figure out these systems, where posting here helped unravel them. But for a long time didn't understand how, especially with the quiet.
As human advancement is good for us all. And I picked math for a reason! Not an area can lie, or hide, or mislead with claims like mine. So am easily checked!
Wow, just think if had picked some other area. Should just be glad had the math ability and the results were there to find. Though there is a mixed feeling. Just good for anyone to find them really.
Our species advancing is what is important. Greater knowledge helps us all.
Ok and last thing for you if an American press person possibly still in AWE of people I helped bring down, where many are predators and your worship of them will seem like a disease to people in the future, when that comes crashing down and truth stuns you into acceptance?
Just ponder what it means to really seek the truth. For me? Is key to the great adventure which just keeps rolling along.
Web is shredding so much and replacing with better rapidly. Just wish were faster.
James Harris
Flash forward, keep pumping out things, and web lets me know have pulled interest from 100+ countries, but somehow the money is missing! And I keep working at things, and go political, as well as define entertainment functionally.
Where lots of wild happen with the real world, where actually am involved there with MUCH, but that denial thing is STILL happening.
But web finally starts tearing enough of the old systems apart that maybe more people will believe me, while I get better at explaining my story? Maybe? Definitely practicing quite a bit.
-------------------------------------------------------
To me is a great story also in that is kind of ironic, given history of United States. Some Black dude gets the honor of my discoveries? Why not? Went looking for new ways with math because of American racism, I think. Also is probable there was a part of me drawn in that area. Potential apparently and motivation for lots of reasons and got the results. And at this point the deck is so stacked in my favor I succeeded it blows away any kind of sane doubt.
And of course now reject concept of race as science is now calling a social construct. Am certain was just made up by racists anyway and like to talk that opinion, and we are just one human race actually. So don't even feel resentment for any group by race as, got all that previous? No such thing really as a Black race, so no such thing really as any of the supposed others. We are one human species, whether we like it or not.
Can be simpler to use the old things for dramatic purposes though, as am doing with this post in calling myself a Black guy. Why not? May as well finally get some good use from racist crap. So yeah tone of this post is very different than others as VERY deliberately try to exploit.
And was right to worry how things might go as old systems collapsed but thanks to the web have lots of other examples! Like why fight to keep people from booking and paying for rides from their smartphone? Where getting those levels of attention without so much of the rest DID collapse my revenue making ability. Which has turned critical as have an eviction notice and just days away from being kicked out on the street.
The resistance to truth though. And having to figure out these systems, where posting here helped unravel them. But for a long time didn't understand how, especially with the quiet.
As human advancement is good for us all. And I picked math for a reason! Not an area can lie, or hide, or mislead with claims like mine. So am easily checked!
Wow, just think if had picked some other area. Should just be glad had the math ability and the results were there to find. Though there is a mixed feeling. Just good for anyone to find them really.
Our species advancing is what is important. Greater knowledge helps us all.
Ok and last thing for you if an American press person possibly still in AWE of people I helped bring down, where many are predators and your worship of them will seem like a disease to people in the future, when that comes crashing down and truth stuns you into acceptance?
Just ponder what it means to really seek the truth. For me? Is key to the great adventure which just keeps rolling along.
Web is shredding so much and replacing with better rapidly. Just wish were faster.
James Harris
Monday, February 12, 2018
When objective rules
Trying not to use weird so much, so will say is remarkable that years ago when was thinking could maybe apply some problem solving tools to trying to do something of note, wanted something objective.
Was aware that with many things where is just about people's opinions then biases can rule.
But consider, am 18 years after introducing the world's latest major mathematical discipline. There is no concern in my mind will not be accepted eventually as is too useful, but the behavior around it has been much that I feared was possible.
Considering what happened to women has helped recently as so many situations where they were simply forced out of occupations that many thought had too much status, influence and money-making potential, and was relentlessly claimed was...what was claimed?
Reality is, when certain people gain status, influence and power, and also money, they may do all kinds of things to keep those things, and was odd that could break out along gender lines in ways we know now. Keep getting surprised. And the news is coming out so much now, thankfully.
Knew better how much could happen along other specious lines, like with the made-up idea of race, which we now know is a social construct, according to latest science.
Of course for me, trying to absorb being the person through which the ideas would flow to give the world a new major math discipline was hard enough. Took quite a few years just to admit it, even to myself, and even more to talk it freely.
My math discipline actually can encompass the others. Does encompass the others and lets you vastly simplify things. It is so useful would get results that look almost impossibly simple compared to what came before. Is one of the most brilliant accomplishments...I guess. You can do cool things with it.
Means that the suppression systems have just begun to fully understand, no matter what, run up against an absolute. Which is one of the pressures pushing them to crumble. With my things was inevitable, eventually. The web though has enabled so much more as the personal truths of so many are shattering so much wrong, rapidly. Thankfully. Is so weird though. So much I thought was one way, was really another.
My things are still up in the air in many ways though, which is ok. Gaining better perspective as to why? Priceless as the saying goes.
Guess feels like part of a purpose with so much. When trapped in something with so many other people, except I am global. Was not worried about not getting recognition. That's impossible. Was worried what to do with it. Now am getting a better sense.
If humans could stop great advances? We wouldn't have the tools like these computers or the web itself, or any of modern civilization.
Still why do some people try? THAT has been done. Maybe is just part of why stories need villains.
Because the real world provides so many. Is only way even fiction can gain some realism. The real world villains though usually are far nastier than in most fiction people want.
Have always worried what I would be. You want to be a hero watching movies, but with things I have, learn how easily it is to be something else. And wonder how you find solid ground.
Objective rules do not care. Truth does not change. And humanity gets one more story over which people can ponder.
Why really did I choose math? Can tell myself all kinds of things. Objective was better than relying on people's judgement. With objective could study how that could go as wrong and ruthless as possible.
Yet also, was there simply something inside that wanted to know? Or did the truth just want a way into our world? And through me, was the best route.
As kind of an afterword, can I now also finally admit, spent SO many years just asking myself silly questions? Was like, hey you might be some kind of big deal, so maybe you KNOW things, you know?
And am talking to myself. Was so very odd.
James Harris
Was aware that with many things where is just about people's opinions then biases can rule.
But consider, am 18 years after introducing the world's latest major mathematical discipline. There is no concern in my mind will not be accepted eventually as is too useful, but the behavior around it has been much that I feared was possible.
Considering what happened to women has helped recently as so many situations where they were simply forced out of occupations that many thought had too much status, influence and money-making potential, and was relentlessly claimed was...what was claimed?
Reality is, when certain people gain status, influence and power, and also money, they may do all kinds of things to keep those things, and was odd that could break out along gender lines in ways we know now. Keep getting surprised. And the news is coming out so much now, thankfully.
Knew better how much could happen along other specious lines, like with the made-up idea of race, which we now know is a social construct, according to latest science.
Of course for me, trying to absorb being the person through which the ideas would flow to give the world a new major math discipline was hard enough. Took quite a few years just to admit it, even to myself, and even more to talk it freely.
My math discipline actually can encompass the others. Does encompass the others and lets you vastly simplify things. It is so useful would get results that look almost impossibly simple compared to what came before. Is one of the most brilliant accomplishments...I guess. You can do cool things with it.
Means that the suppression systems have just begun to fully understand, no matter what, run up against an absolute. Which is one of the pressures pushing them to crumble. With my things was inevitable, eventually. The web though has enabled so much more as the personal truths of so many are shattering so much wrong, rapidly. Thankfully. Is so weird though. So much I thought was one way, was really another.
My things are still up in the air in many ways though, which is ok. Gaining better perspective as to why? Priceless as the saying goes.
Guess feels like part of a purpose with so much. When trapped in something with so many other people, except I am global. Was not worried about not getting recognition. That's impossible. Was worried what to do with it. Now am getting a better sense.
If humans could stop great advances? We wouldn't have the tools like these computers or the web itself, or any of modern civilization.
Still why do some people try? THAT has been done. Maybe is just part of why stories need villains.
Because the real world provides so many. Is only way even fiction can gain some realism. The real world villains though usually are far nastier than in most fiction people want.
Have always worried what I would be. You want to be a hero watching movies, but with things I have, learn how easily it is to be something else. And wonder how you find solid ground.
Objective rules do not care. Truth does not change. And humanity gets one more story over which people can ponder.
Why really did I choose math? Can tell myself all kinds of things. Objective was better than relying on people's judgement. With objective could study how that could go as wrong and ruthless as possible.
Yet also, was there simply something inside that wanted to know? Or did the truth just want a way into our world? And through me, was the best route.
As kind of an afterword, can I now also finally admit, spent SO many years just asking myself silly questions? Was like, hey you might be some kind of big deal, so maybe you KNOW things, you know?
And am talking to myself. Was so very odd.
James Harris
Wednesday, February 07, 2018
Lessons from goals achieved
Was looking for big ideas because of racial things, when first resolved when was 18 would find SOMETHING. Had plenty of problem solving training, thanks to being considered gifted since age 9, and also had hefty skepticism of authority. Looking around me did not look like our planet was being run well, and did not just accept that institutions were to be considered sacrosanct.
Also in going to college was escaping indoctrination in a fundamentalist Christian religion which had been so severe and effective, still struggled with topic of evolution when got in college.
Though had grown up thinking would become a writer, was concerned that even great work would never be properly recognized so deliberately put math on my radar as an arena to check. But knew enough to go simple. Sure had first taught myself calculus when was 12, soon after learned algebra, but that was chasing a hero of mine, Albert Einstein. Read a biography saying he had done that, so I tried. But mathematics has so much abstruse, and so many complex areas, would pursue low hanging fruit.
That is, would use simple mathematics in areas where maybe something had been missed. And was a great decision as figured out, yeah lots had been. And the point of mathematics was an objective area versus a subjective one, like with a novel.
Good decision as well as in looking at how the objective information has been treated there was a vastly more entrenched system than I realized. While science has also figured out that race is a social construct, which it seems relies heavily on DNA evidence. Which is ironic.
And the news has been trumpeted--like, humans outside of Africa are more related than humans within. And human appearance is a very malleable but small area of our genetics, which simply adjusts to climate. That person who believes in race? Is looking at characteristics of climate of ancestors, like a dry climate leading to longer noses, and nothing more.
Well that was a relief. The question of equality settled by science. All humans ARE created equal with the important things, and there is no doubt. So what of the social injustice?
Well the answer there is with that--social construct. It's just ideas in people's heads.
With major math and looking at behavior around its discovery and attempts to ignore as much as possible, have been able to trace out a system, which the world is finally beginning to notice. Like it pushed women to the side, deliberately, and women in this country were trained they were bad at math, when the very word computer used to be, for women who computed.
Women were pushed out of the computing industry. Where looking at the people who dominated it, and how wealthy some became, is not a surprise, to me at least.
Over and over again can notice where facts were ignored. Best humans for jobs by merit were relentlessly sidelined by people who fought for control of the planet. And with control, willfully pushed into a direction which could eradicate all life with greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere long after was known could create climate change. And yeah, it still continues, though world is beginning to recognize the danger. But probably a lot because of bad weather events starting to happen.
How could our species be so demonstrated stupid enough to endanger ourselves in this way?
Why? Is ape behavior I very much believe. Humans evolved from apes. And apes do not do science or understand principle or any of those things. And when human beings gain certain types of success they surround themselves with support systems made up of a little community kind of. And in that community powerful males will behave in essence as apes.
The thin veneer of human ideals disappear. Seems like it happens much too. They rape, or simply molest and steal or dominate in ways that hearken back to millions of years ago, is my simple theory.
And in their ape state? They cannot comprehend science much, or understand how enjoying themselves and glorifying in their status could endanger their planet.
Yeah, they get REALLY stupid.
Politics around talking about human beings as evolved from apes gets really weird. Like in the US was used as a smear against Black folks. Irony of course is we're all, equally evolved from apes. And yeah, turns out that race is just some made up thing anyway.
How do you bring into just civilized behavior that atavistic person who with success surrounds himself with support humans to behave like an ape? I have a theory.
Solution: clear the sycophants and others in his support system. Once he is isolated away from his pseudo-community which for him is experienced as an ape group, he behaves again.
Humanity returns.
If you ARE a part of such a support structure? Leave. That person you admire so much? Is capable of unspeakable harm to you, and would ENJOY it. You are dealing with an ape in a human body.
Well that is my simple theory. Seems to afflict males from what have seen in the news. And seemingly bizarre behaviors, especially predatory towards others? Is explained as ape behavior.
We just have to keep dudes from getting to that place, or punish them severely enough when they do that others are afraid to go there.
While also admit lack scientific qualifications to make a scientific assessment here. So I consider this post to be very much satirical.
James Harris
Want a PDF to download and share? Have public on Google Docs: link here
Also in going to college was escaping indoctrination in a fundamentalist Christian religion which had been so severe and effective, still struggled with topic of evolution when got in college.
Though had grown up thinking would become a writer, was concerned that even great work would never be properly recognized so deliberately put math on my radar as an arena to check. But knew enough to go simple. Sure had first taught myself calculus when was 12, soon after learned algebra, but that was chasing a hero of mine, Albert Einstein. Read a biography saying he had done that, so I tried. But mathematics has so much abstruse, and so many complex areas, would pursue low hanging fruit.
That is, would use simple mathematics in areas where maybe something had been missed. And was a great decision as figured out, yeah lots had been. And the point of mathematics was an objective area versus a subjective one, like with a novel.
Good decision as well as in looking at how the objective information has been treated there was a vastly more entrenched system than I realized. While science has also figured out that race is a social construct, which it seems relies heavily on DNA evidence. Which is ironic.
And the news has been trumpeted--like, humans outside of Africa are more related than humans within. And human appearance is a very malleable but small area of our genetics, which simply adjusts to climate. That person who believes in race? Is looking at characteristics of climate of ancestors, like a dry climate leading to longer noses, and nothing more.
Well that was a relief. The question of equality settled by science. All humans ARE created equal with the important things, and there is no doubt. So what of the social injustice?
Well the answer there is with that--social construct. It's just ideas in people's heads.
With major math and looking at behavior around its discovery and attempts to ignore as much as possible, have been able to trace out a system, which the world is finally beginning to notice. Like it pushed women to the side, deliberately, and women in this country were trained they were bad at math, when the very word computer used to be, for women who computed.
Women were pushed out of the computing industry. Where looking at the people who dominated it, and how wealthy some became, is not a surprise, to me at least.
Over and over again can notice where facts were ignored. Best humans for jobs by merit were relentlessly sidelined by people who fought for control of the planet. And with control, willfully pushed into a direction which could eradicate all life with greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere long after was known could create climate change. And yeah, it still continues, though world is beginning to recognize the danger. But probably a lot because of bad weather events starting to happen.
How could our species be so demonstrated stupid enough to endanger ourselves in this way?
Why? Is ape behavior I very much believe. Humans evolved from apes. And apes do not do science or understand principle or any of those things. And when human beings gain certain types of success they surround themselves with support systems made up of a little community kind of. And in that community powerful males will behave in essence as apes.
The thin veneer of human ideals disappear. Seems like it happens much too. They rape, or simply molest and steal or dominate in ways that hearken back to millions of years ago, is my simple theory.
And in their ape state? They cannot comprehend science much, or understand how enjoying themselves and glorifying in their status could endanger their planet.
Yeah, they get REALLY stupid.
Politics around talking about human beings as evolved from apes gets really weird. Like in the US was used as a smear against Black folks. Irony of course is we're all, equally evolved from apes. And yeah, turns out that race is just some made up thing anyway.
How do you bring into just civilized behavior that atavistic person who with success surrounds himself with support humans to behave like an ape? I have a theory.
Solution: clear the sycophants and others in his support system. Once he is isolated away from his pseudo-community which for him is experienced as an ape group, he behaves again.
Humanity returns.
If you ARE a part of such a support structure? Leave. That person you admire so much? Is capable of unspeakable harm to you, and would ENJOY it. You are dealing with an ape in a human body.
Well that is my simple theory. Seems to afflict males from what have seen in the news. And seemingly bizarre behaviors, especially predatory towards others? Is explained as ape behavior.
We just have to keep dudes from getting to that place, or punish them severely enough when they do that others are afraid to go there.
While also admit lack scientific qualifications to make a scientific assessment here. So I consider this post to be very much satirical.
James Harris
Want a PDF to download and share? Have public on Google Docs: link here
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Confronting race reality
So yeah am some Black guy who went to a top university on a scholarship and got my degree in Physics. My story though is not one the American press likes. Supposedly Black or "minority" students are a special class of people, because deep down a lot of people believe they may not quite have the genetic capacity for intelligence of Whites or other ethnicities.
Oh no! Yeah I dared say it.
Of course science has completely debunked such notions and revealed that race is an arbitrary human construct which has no scientific validity. It is something human beings just kind of made up, though you can get in some CRAZY arguments with people absolutely certain that race is a thing, they know exactly what it is, but watch them fall apart if you try to get them to define it.
Would link to the Wikipedia on race, but just go there yourself and read up on what it really means and maybe get more perspective on what it means to be a human being. We are one species. Get over it.
But what fascinates me is a machinery dedicated to hiding the belief that Black people, and American Blacks in particular, are some kind of weird subhuman variant with an intelligence maybe for hip hop, dance, rap and sports, but oh no, math? Science?
So if there is contradictory evidence, from someone like me? Ignore it of course!
And figure there are those people who would question my degree, like maybe it was handed to me as something "politically correct". For those who don't know that is a code phrase. I do know. And I know the code too.
But for some people race is as obvious as the nose on their face, and beliefs of the demonstrated, to them, inferiority of some races is just as obvious. Claims otherwise? They say is political correctness.
With those harboring hostile views about a race, so much can be about escape to denial.
What else can some deluded person fixated on false beliefs about race do?
How about maybe just acknowledge what you truly believe? And accept it is false?
The wonderful thing though is the web lets us air things out, work through, and see things that in the past were too easily hidden.
And lets you see humanity around the globe like never before. So reality will check the noise and yeah, soon enough certain things will just be gone. Melted away by the light of knowledge I think sounds kind of poetic.
Sharing works!
It's a great thing.
James Harris
Oh no! Yeah I dared say it.
Of course science has completely debunked such notions and revealed that race is an arbitrary human construct which has no scientific validity. It is something human beings just kind of made up, though you can get in some CRAZY arguments with people absolutely certain that race is a thing, they know exactly what it is, but watch them fall apart if you try to get them to define it.
Would link to the Wikipedia on race, but just go there yourself and read up on what it really means and maybe get more perspective on what it means to be a human being. We are one species. Get over it.
But what fascinates me is a machinery dedicated to hiding the belief that Black people, and American Blacks in particular, are some kind of weird subhuman variant with an intelligence maybe for hip hop, dance, rap and sports, but oh no, math? Science?
So if there is contradictory evidence, from someone like me? Ignore it of course!
And figure there are those people who would question my degree, like maybe it was handed to me as something "politically correct". For those who don't know that is a code phrase. I do know. And I know the code too.
But for some people race is as obvious as the nose on their face, and beliefs of the demonstrated, to them, inferiority of some races is just as obvious. Claims otherwise? They say is political correctness.
With those harboring hostile views about a race, so much can be about escape to denial.
What else can some deluded person fixated on false beliefs about race do?
How about maybe just acknowledge what you truly believe? And accept it is false?
The wonderful thing though is the web lets us air things out, work through, and see things that in the past were too easily hidden.
And lets you see humanity around the globe like never before. So reality will check the noise and yeah, soon enough certain things will just be gone. Melted away by the light of knowledge I think sounds kind of poetic.
Sharing works!
It's a great thing.
James Harris
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