Cognitive Anthropologist/Social Psychologist. Norn Irish in Japan. Host of @GurusPod. Interested in conspiracism, radicalization, & religion/ritual psychology.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Joined April 2009
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Chris Kavanagh retweeted
Tucker Carlson: "No one has explained why Russia is so bad, why Putin is so bad."
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Tucker Carlson explains that the Incas had technology more advanced than modern lasers—because a modern laser couldn't possibly cut stones like that.
He knows this because he's been to Peru, and he loves stone masonry.
"It's just a fact, a demonstrable fact, inarguable."
So where are the Incas now? He concludes that, like other civilizations, they destroyed themselves with their technology.
(An archaeologist reproduced the cuts 40 years ago by hitting rocks with other rocks.)
Chris Kavanagh retweeted
When I think of how many Americans Russia has kidnapped, imprisoned, subjected to nightmarish conditions, just so Putin can have some additional leverage against us, the first word that comes to mind is HUMANITARIAN.
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From my perspective the greatest challenges are getting EP to recognize the importance of consistently integrating ethnographic evidence and making use of ethnohistorical databases, and the importance of controlling for non-independence in cross-national/cultural comparisons.
"In my opinion, the greatest challenge facing the future of evolutionary psychology in the next decade is to fight the increased politicization within its ranks."
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Chris Kavanagh retweeted
Whatever you think of his beliefs (they are bad), if you pay even the slightest bit of attention to him, it's impossible not to notice that he is just a habitual, pathological liar.
Hasan claims he was "incredibly critical of Russia's invasion" and that Russia is as bad as the U.S.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
"What do you call Crimea? I call it a part of Russian territory, bitch. That's what I call Crimea. I call it cry me a river. A Russian river."
- Hasan Piker, Feb. 15, 2022
"Crimea is an annexation that is, in my opinion, justifiable."
- Hasan Piker, Feb. 17, 2022
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Chris Kavanagh retweeted
This unhinged and disgraceful crusade against Ukraine is not going to lower energy prices and is not winning the GOP votes in the midterms.
Voters aren't stupid: this whole shtick appears more like unilateral concessions to Russia and petty swipes at Ukraine than an actual effort to support Americans hurt by rising energy prices.
This whole episode is an absolutely humiliating disgrace for Trump. No other way to describe.
Chris Kavanagh retweeted
Ana Kasparian treats the Russian invasion like its a theater performance. She heard a story about Boris Johnson stopping peace and it matched her world view. She keeps running with it despite being long disproven. Giving a fairytale attention instead of countless atrocities.
As we said in the episode where we covered their debate: Figures like Jacob Rees-Mogg like media hungry ‘characters’. That Tucker engaged in Nazi apologetics is just an interesting angle and doesn’t stop Rees-Mogg from having greatly enjoyed his time with such a fun character.
Mr Tucker Carlson is what the Americans call a ‘shock jock’, who says outrageous things to boost his ratings. When I agreed to the interview, I assumed no one in England would watch it as his appeal is focused on his own country.
However, his suggestion that we ought to have let Hitler win led to a degree of controversy, so I was asked about him quite a bit at the conference. To meet he is both personable and intelligent, so I enjoyed our conversation before and after filming as well as the interview itself.
His views may be rather wild, but I never mind robust debate. I am sure he does it for clicks. It is the temptation of the social media age, as the more controversial the statement, the more views and revenue it generates.
Perhaps he ought to use some of the profits to employ a researcher to tell him the size of the UK and Russian economies.
✍️ Jacob Rees-Mogg
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Chris Kavanagh retweeted
Imagine seeing this daily horror and saying that the one who "needs to go" is the leader of the victim country and not the aggressor country. What moral idiocy. What cowardice.
Chris Kavanagh retweeted
-trump announces energy-targets ceasefire that is news to all involved
-trump rewards russia with diesel deal
-russia steps up attacks on civilian targets, killing people
-trump floats rewarding russia by unfreezing assets
Just masterful negotiating all around, as usual.
US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks ft.trib.al/5mAqnnf
Being a conspiratorial loon is a massive asset for being a commentator on GB News. Also, holy God haven’t seen Maajid in a while and the conspiracy lifestyle seems to have aged him or maybe it’s just the new Santa beard.
Former LBC host Maajid Nawaz is joining GB News to host a show on its Youtube channel, write a regular column for its website and appear regularly as a TV panellist and guest gbnews.com/newsfromus/maajid…
Chris Kavanagh retweeted
Just to be clear about what happened here:
- Trump cut a deal with Putin that will route ~$4B of American dollars to Russia. That money will be used to fund the war.
- Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" that was probably Putin's idea, surprised the Ukrainians, is structured to benefit Russia, and was immediately broken by the Russian military.
- When Zelensky spoke candidly about these terrible deals, the US cut off Starlink access in ways that made it harder for Ukraine to intercept Russian drones, and seemingly withheld intel about ballistic missile attacks.
- Last week alone, Russia killed more than 150 civilians in Ukraine, including 33 in one strike on a bus stop.
Trump is de facto asking @ZelenskyyUa to surrender. Zelensky can throw on a suit, he can endure lectures from whiny little bitches like @JDVance, but he can't lay down and die just because Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize.
Chris Kavanagh retweeted
Rolf Zwaan, discussing some low quality criticism on the replication studies he is planning by scientists on bluesky:
"Those who wrote the Bluesky posts produced misinformation. Those who liked those posts fell for the misinformation."
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