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  1. CW: Physics article discussing origins of shame, monogamy? Really!? CW: Patriarchy; matriarchy. Maybe considered nudity by some.

    I am posting this for speculative fiction and fantasy writers who want to create truly alien human cultures. Consider this excellent but also unthinking poorly analyzed article (IMHO). The author's culture gets in the way.

    phys.org/news/2024-06-million-

    There is a distinct bias toward patriarchy in this article and the assumption that monogamy was necessary evolutionarily without supporting evidence. Relatedness for the sake of child care can't be clearer if uncles and brothers are the somehow essential male care providers, not some random "father". Matrilineal cultures likely existed until the idea of Indo-Europeans property rights through the male line took over our cultures 6-8 millennia ago. Archeological finds support this. That is the origin of shame, to control women's sexuality at the price of female self-determination to force property rights solely down a patrilineal line.

    Humans haven't always lived the way they do now, nor must they in the future.

    A thought provoking article—in many ways.

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #Archaeology #Patriarchy #Matriarchy #Monogamy #human #Evolution #Anthropology #Culture #Society #indoeuropeen #matriarchy #Fiction #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #SF #Writer #Writing #Author #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #specfiction #WomensRights #women.

  2. CW: Physics article discussing origins of shame, monogamy? Really!? CW: Patriarchy; matriarchy. Maybe considered nudity by some.

    I am posting this for speculative fiction and fantasy writers who want to create truly alien human cultures. Consider this excellent but also unthinking poorly analyzed article (IMHO). The author's culture gets in the way.

    phys.org/news/2024-06-million-

    There is a distinct bias toward patriarchy in this article and the assumption that monogamy was necessary evolutionarily without supporting evidence. Relatedness for the sake of child care can't be clearer if uncles and brothers are the somehow essential male care providers, not some random "father". Matrilineal cultures likely existed until the idea of Indo-Europeans property rights through the male line took over our cultures 6-8 millennia ago. Archeological finds support this. That is the origin of shame, to control women's sexuality at the price of female self-determination to force property rights solely down a patrilineal line.

    Humans haven't always lived the way they do now, nor must they in the future.

    A thought provoking article—in many ways.

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #Archaeology #Patriarchy #Matriarchy #Monogamy #human #Evolution #Anthropology #Culture #Society #indoeuropeen #matriarchy #Fiction #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #SF #Writer #Writing #Author #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #specfiction #WomensRights #women.

  3. CW: Physics article discussing origins of shame, monogamy? Really!? CW: Patriarchy; matriarchy. Maybe considered nudity by some.

    I am posting this for speculative fiction and fantasy writers who want to create truly alien human cultures. Consider this excellent but also unthinking poorly analyzed article (IMHO). The author's culture gets in the way.

    phys.org/news/2024-06-million-

    There is a distinct bias toward patriarchy in this article and the assumption that monogamy was necessary evolutionarily without supporting evidence. Relatedness for the sake of child care can't be clearer if uncles and brothers are the somehow essential male care providers, not some random "father". Matrilineal cultures likely existed until the idea of Indo-Europeans property rights through the male line took over our cultures 6-8 millennia ago. Archeological finds support this. That is the origin of shame, to control women's sexuality at the price of female self-determination to force property rights solely down a patrilineal line.

    Humans haven't always lived the way they do now, nor must they in the future.

    A thought provoking article—in many ways.

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #Archaeology #Patriarchy #Matriarchy #Monogamy #human #Evolution #Anthropology #Culture #Society #indoeuropeen #matriarchy #Fiction #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #SF #Writer #Writing #Author #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #specfiction #WomensRights #women.

  4. CW: Physics article discussing origins of shame, monogamy? Really!? CW: Patriarchy; matriarchy. Maybe considered nudity by some.

    I am posting this for speculative fiction and fantasy writers who want to create truly alien human cultures. Consider this excellent but also unthinking poorly analyzed article (IMHO). The author's culture gets in the way.

    phys.org/news/2024-06-million-

    There is a distinct bias toward patriarchy in this article and the assumption that monogamy was necessary evolutionarily without supporting evidence. Relatedness for the sake of child care can't be clearer if uncles and brothers are the somehow essential male care providers, not some random "father". Matrilineal cultures likely existed until the idea of Indo-Europeans property rights through the male line took over our cultures 6-8 millennia ago. Archeological finds support this. That is the origin of shame, to control women's sexuality at the price of female self-determination to force property rights solely down a patrilineal line.

    Humans haven't always lived the way they do now, nor must they in the future.

    A thought provoking article—in many ways.

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #Archaeology #Patriarchy #Matriarchy #Monogamy #human #Evolution #Anthropology #Culture #Society #indoeuropeen #matriarchy #Fiction #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #SF #Writer #Writing #Author #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #specfiction #WomensRights #women.

  5. CW: Physics article discussing origins of shame, monogamy? Really!? CW: Patriarchy; matriarchy. Maybe considered nudity by some.

    I am posting this for speculative fiction and fantasy writers who want to create truly alien human cultures. Consider this excellent but also unthinking poorly analyzed article (IMHO). The author's culture gets in the way.

    phys.org/news/2024-06-million-

    There is a distinct bias toward patriarchy in this article and the assumption that monogamy was necessary evolutionarily without supporting evidence. Relatedness for the sake of child care can't be clearer if uncles and brothers are the somehow essential male care providers, not some random "father". Matrilineal cultures likely existed until the idea of Indo-Europeans property rights through the male line took over our cultures 6-8 millennia ago. Archeological finds support this. That is the origin of shame, to control women's sexuality at the price of female self-determination to force property rights solely down a patrilineal line.

    Humans haven't always lived the way they do now, nor must they in the future.

    A thought provoking article—in many ways.

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #Archaeology #Patriarchy #Matriarchy #Monogamy #human #Evolution #Anthropology #Culture #Society #indoeuropeen #matriarchy #Fiction #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #SF #Writer #Writing #Author #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #specfiction #WomensRights #women.

  6. Owing to a reference in an episode of “Futurama,” I looked this up, and thought the conceit sounded both prescient and interesting. It actually is, especially owing to the computer at the heart of the story is capable of heuristic learning, based on analyzing all of earth’s knowledge.

    Sadly, the danger and terror of the story lacks depth and is based solely on the concept that the outcome is unknown. “You cannot imagine what might happen!” Try me.

    ★★★☆☆

    #review #CineMastodon #VPL #SpecFiction

  7. Owing to a reference in an episode of “Futurama,” I looked this up, and thought the conceit sounded both prescient and interesting. It actually is, especially owing to the computer at the heart of the story is capable of heuristic learning, based on analyzing all of earth’s knowledge.

    Sadly, the danger and terror of the story lacks depth and is based solely on the concept that the outcome is unknown. “You cannot imagine what might happen!” Try me.

    ★★★☆☆

    #review #CineMastodon #VPL #SpecFiction

  8. Owing to a reference in an episode of “Futurama,” I looked this up, and thought the conceit sounded both prescient and interesting. It actually is, especially owing to the computer at the heart of the story is capable of heuristic learning, based on analyzing all of earth’s knowledge.

    Sadly, the danger and terror of the story lacks depth and is based solely on the concept that the outcome is unknown. “You cannot imagine what might happen!” Try me.

    ★★★☆☆

    #review #CineMastodon #VPL #SpecFiction

  9. I enjoy the way reading this sort of thing challenges me to imagine the past in new ways and opens space to speculate about many different possible cultures accompanying these practical lifestyle decisions. (2/2)

    #archaeology #Neolithic #Britain #history #SpecFiction

  10. I enjoy the way reading this sort of thing challenges me to imagine the past in new ways and opens space to speculate about many different possible cultures accompanying these practical lifestyle decisions. (2/2)

    #archaeology #Neolithic #Britain #history #SpecFiction

  11. I enjoy the way reading this sort of thing challenges me to imagine the past in new ways and opens space to speculate about many different possible cultures accompanying these practical lifestyle decisions. (2/2)

    #archaeology #Neolithic #Britain #history #SpecFiction

  12. I enjoy the way reading this sort of thing challenges me to imagine the past in new ways and opens space to speculate about many different possible cultures accompanying these practical lifestyle decisions. (2/2)

    #archaeology #Neolithic #Britain #history #SpecFiction

  13. As a huge fan of Ted Chiang's science fiction stories, I'm very excited to see him do a residency at the Santa Fe Institute:

    Just as SFI’s scientists can’t predict what fresh perspective they might glean from conversations with Chiang, Chiang can’t predict whether those conversations will spur him to write new stories. He writes only when inspired.

    Fingers crossed (and optimism!) that he finds that inspiration. Moreover, I think this approach is visionary, and that we should include more #scifi & #specfiction writers at our #science meetings:

    Last summer, the normally reclusive writer took a more personal approach to contemplating big ideas when he joined a conference at SFI. The meeting had been convened to consider what a theory on life’s origins needed. What were the physical limitations of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Could intelligent life be constructed with different sets of molecular building blocks or did carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen need to be present for life to conjure? Chiang had been invited to offer an artistic perspective on the interface between intelligence and life.

    santafe.edu/news-center/news/t

  14. As a huge fan of Ted Chiang's science fiction stories, I'm very excited to see him do a residency at the Santa Fe Institute:

    Just as SFI’s scientists can’t predict what fresh perspective they might glean from conversations with Chiang, Chiang can’t predict whether those conversations will spur him to write new stories. He writes only when inspired.

    Fingers crossed (and optimism!) that he finds that inspiration. Moreover, I think this approach is visionary, and that we should include more #scifi & #specfiction writers at our #science meetings:

    Last summer, the normally reclusive writer took a more personal approach to contemplating big ideas when he joined a conference at SFI. The meeting had been convened to consider what a theory on life’s origins needed. What were the physical limitations of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Could intelligent life be constructed with different sets of molecular building blocks or did carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen need to be present for life to conjure? Chiang had been invited to offer an artistic perspective on the interface between intelligence and life.

    santafe.edu/news-center/news/t

  15. As a huge fan of Ted Chiang's science fiction stories, I'm very excited to see him do a residency at the Santa Fe Institute:

    Just as SFI’s scientists can’t predict what fresh perspective they might glean from conversations with Chiang, Chiang can’t predict whether those conversations will spur him to write new stories. He writes only when inspired.

    Fingers crossed (and optimism!) that he finds that inspiration. Moreover, I think this approach is visionary, and that we should include more #scifi & #specfiction writers at our #science meetings:

    Last summer, the normally reclusive writer took a more personal approach to contemplating big ideas when he joined a conference at SFI. The meeting had been convened to consider what a theory on life’s origins needed. What were the physical limitations of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Could intelligent life be constructed with different sets of molecular building blocks or did carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen need to be present for life to conjure? Chiang had been invited to offer an artistic perspective on the interface between intelligence and life.

    santafe.edu/news-center/news/t

  16. As a huge fan of Ted Chiang's science fiction stories, I'm very excited to see him do a residency at the Santa Fe Institute:

    Just as SFI’s scientists can’t predict what fresh perspective they might glean from conversations with Chiang, Chiang can’t predict whether those conversations will spur him to write new stories. He writes only when inspired.

    Fingers crossed (and optimism!) that he finds that inspiration. Moreover, I think this approach is visionary, and that we should include more #scifi & #specfiction writers at our #science meetings:

    Last summer, the normally reclusive writer took a more personal approach to contemplating big ideas when he joined a conference at SFI. The meeting had been convened to consider what a theory on life’s origins needed. What were the physical limitations of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Could intelligent life be constructed with different sets of molecular building blocks or did carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen need to be present for life to conjure? Chiang had been invited to offer an artistic perspective on the interface between intelligence and life.

    santafe.edu/news-center/news/t

  17. As a huge fan of Ted Chiang's science fiction stories, I'm very excited to see him do a residency at the Santa Fe Institute:

    Just as SFI’s scientists can’t predict what fresh perspective they might glean from conversations with Chiang, Chiang can’t predict whether those conversations will spur him to write new stories. He writes only when inspired.

    Fingers crossed (and optimism!) that he finds that inspiration. Moreover, I think this approach is visionary, and that we should include more #scifi & #specfiction writers at our #science meetings:

    Last summer, the normally reclusive writer took a more personal approach to contemplating big ideas when he joined a conference at SFI. The meeting had been convened to consider what a theory on life’s origins needed. What were the physical limitations of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Could intelligent life be constructed with different sets of molecular building blocks or did carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen need to be present for life to conjure? Chiang had been invited to offer an artistic perspective on the interface between intelligence and life.

    santafe.edu/news-center/news/t

  18. @damonyoung @alexadsett @MichaelPryor Hello, hello! Great to see the Australian #specfiction community growing on Mastodon!

  19. @damonyoung @alexadsett @MichaelPryor Hello, hello! Great to see the Australian #specfiction community growing on Mastodon!

  20. @damonyoung @alexadsett @MichaelPryor Hello, hello! Great to see the Australian #specfiction community growing on Mastodon!

  21. @damonyoung @alexadsett @MichaelPryor Hello, hello! Great to see the Australian #specfiction community growing on Mastodon!

  22. @damonyoung @alexadsett @MichaelPryor Hello, hello! Great to see the Australian #specfiction community growing on Mastodon!

  23. Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) – This McCarthy-era classic presents a dystopia of #BannedBooks where Firemen are responsible for burning #books and the knowledge they contain as American gathers around the mindless chatter of TV instead.

    I have been a little divided on this, feeling it a little reductive & with slightly frustrating prose. But also one of those novels, like 1984, that often gets trotted in facile indignation at particular criticism.

    #Booktoot #Bookstodon #SFF #SciFi #SpecFiction

  24. Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) – This McCarthy-era classic presents a dystopia of #BannedBooks where Firemen are responsible for burning #books and the knowledge they contain as American gathers around the mindless chatter of TV instead.

    I have been a little divided on this, feeling it a little reductive & with slightly frustrating prose. But also one of those novels, like 1984, that often gets trotted in facile indignation at particular criticism.

    #Booktoot #Bookstodon #SFF #SciFi #SpecFiction

  25. Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) – This McCarthy-era classic presents a dystopia of #BannedBooks where Firemen are responsible for burning #books and the knowledge they contain as American gathers around the mindless chatter of TV instead.

    I have been a little divided on this, feeling it a little reductive & with slightly frustrating prose. But also one of those novels, like 1984, that often gets trotted in facile indignation at particular criticism.

    #Booktoot #Bookstodon #SFF #SciFi #SpecFiction

  26. Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) – This McCarthy-era classic presents a dystopia of #BannedBooks where Firemen are responsible for burning #books and the knowledge they contain as American gathers around the mindless chatter of TV instead.

    I have been a little divided on this, feeling it a little reductive & with slightly frustrating prose. But also one of those novels, like 1984, that often gets trotted in facile indignation at particular criticism.

    #Booktoot #Bookstodon #SFF #SciFi #SpecFiction