The Crowhill Journal

It would be fascinating to hear a discussion between Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Haidt and Steven Pinker on what psychological traits tend to push someone towards one or the other answer.

For example, it’s fairly predictable that liberals will tend to say climate change is the bigger threat, while conservatives will tend to say it’s terrorists. But why? What cocktail of openness, suspicion, disgust, respect for tradition, etc., makes that happen?

Sure, sure. I know all of you believe your position is based on facts and logic, not all that psychobabble.

I’m reading a novel set in Afghanistan when the British were being forced out. They had to leave a lot of stuff behind, but at least they had the sense to spike the cannons.

Apparently we don’t have that much sense.

Likely billions of dollars of American weapons and vehicles are now in the hands of the Taliban extremist group after the collapse of the Afghan government and army, with numerous videos and photos surfacing online showing Taliban members seizing the equipment.

Photos have circulated of Taliban members holding American M-4 carbines and M-16 rifles rather than AK-47s or AKMs. Other images and videos showed the Taliban surrounding U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft.

US Black Hawk Helicopters Captured by Taliban as ‘Horrified’ Senators Demand DOD Audit

Is it possible to be this incompetent by accident?

It might be nice to think that when people are presented with some idea — e.g., that the presidential election wasn’t fair — that they would listen to the evidence and make a decision based on sound reasoning.

We all know that’s not true. People’s opinions on the fairness of the election had more to do with who they wanted to win than with any objective analysis of the facts. First of all, nobody’s objective. Second, nobody has all the facts. Or even most of them.

As people continue to sour on Biden, the idea that the presidential election might not have been fair will become more popular.

I’m not saying these two things are connected in a rational way. Biden’s bumbling, partisan, incompetent presidency doesn’t say anything about the fairness of the election. But the more people grow to dislike Biden, the more they’ll listen to arguments the election was stolen.

Some American billionaire is going to spend his own money to rescue Americans from Afghanistan.

I saw a link to a video about a Nordic school that creates the perfect housewife. (I didn’t watch the video. It’s more than an hour long.)

I can hear the groans of disapproval. This sort of thing just isn’t done!

Why?

When did we lose the idea of learning (by which I mean studying, and being tested on) how to live with grace and style?

Not every woman will he a housewife.

Okay. So what? Isn’t it worth learning how to make a house inviting and pleasant?

We have magazines about it, and I’m sure there are YouTube videos, but what’s wrong with classes? You’re not going to become a Stepford Wife just because you learn some basic lessons about how to be a good housewife.

We’re all conditioned to have this response: but what about the men? What do they have to do?

I reject the premise (that everything that applies to women has to have a male corollary, and vice versa.) That’s a modern sickness.

But in any event, there are things men should learn as well, and there’s no reason men and women can’t learn many of the same things.

If I were to create a school curriculum, it would include things like etiquette, ballroom dancing, martial arts, basic handyman skills, personal finance, and how to make a home pleasant.