Day-Um! This is an Excellent Takedown of Shoddy, Poorly Reasoned Arguments

Here. Don't miss it, Peter Burns' Medium post is savage, thorough, and spot-on.

Now, I USED to enjoy Scientific American. It was a nice way to keep up on topics in a wide range of scientific disciplines.

That was then, before SA got Woke and Broke.

For starters, when arguing about Science,  it helps to reference actual science. Which starts with specifically quoting the disputed papers or statements of the person you are attempting to refute.

As opposed to making sweeping, fact-free absolutist statements, backed up with - nothing. Just your random, and unproven opinion. And, particularly, using terms widely regarded as slanderous or libelous, such a racist.

With no evidence, mind you.

Who the Hell is this broad?

Glad you asked. From her bio on the site:

Monica R. McLemore is an associate professor in the Family Health Care Nursing Department and a clinician-scientist at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco.

Oh, an ASSOCIATE Professor. And a CLINICIAN-scientist!

Not a RESEARCH scientist. And, she's in the Family Health Care Nursing Department, and Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health.

So, lemme guess. She's NOT the Pro-Life kid on the staff. And, she MIGHT be just a tad biased in favor of Seeing Sexism and Racism Under Every Pea Plant.

Y'all gotta scroll down the Medium post - the part about White Empiricism will particularly befuddle you with its incoherence and anti-scientific approach to interpreting scientific studies.

Now, Smithsonian Magazine, on the other hand, has a decent review of E. O. Wilson's book, The Social Conquest of the Earth, , which discusses the social nature of the human race, and may indicate some reasons why the old American Melting Pot idea is a more valid and useful way for our country to fit the disparate cultures that compose it into the whole.

The Social Conquest of the Earth can be bought here. I may try to reserve the hard copy edition from my library (the e-book edition isn't available through library loan).