Why was transsexualism so comparatively prevalent in Arab, Indian, Asian, and Native American cultures compared to western European?
Was transsexualism more common in the ancient world?
Also >/his/ is not /pol/
Not talking about modern lgbt politics here.
>>896760
First off, what is "transexualism" and was this the same conception that those cultures had in regards to these people?
All I've read in regards to this is "two-spirit" people among some Amerindians, who had both masculine and feminine tendencies and thus had some connection to the supernatural
Transexualism can't sort of come as an effect of intolerance against Homosexuals(Ironically)? Since Only dick in Vagina is accepted by society in large and there are some pretty strong gender norms any gay man will have to turn into a women to be able to live out his sexuality. An good example is Iran where homgayuality is bad while it's okay to turn yourself into a woman.
An example of a similar transformation would be have strongly misogynist societies tend to breed many Homosexuals since Vaginas are viewed as disgusting, such as in Ancient Greece or modern day Saudi Arabia.
>>896780
Not true, just go to /LGBT/ and you'll find a fair amount of mtf are only into girls
Why does human sacrifice reappear so often in prehistory? The incas, the Aztecs, the Europeans, various middle eastern cultures, Polynesians... The list goes on. Why did it seem like a logical move to so many peoples? Meanwhile, supposedly 'obvious' concepts like monotheism are more rare. What's the deal?
Most people value their lives and the lives of their loved ones more than anything.
What do you give to the gods except that which is most valuable?
>>896695
I fail to see how monotheism is obvious or "obvious".
>>896695
Equivalent exchange m8
You cannot obtain without an offering
Human life is the most precious
And monotheism is only "obvious" to you because you were born into it
Most people believed in myriad powers in the universe
Tell me everything you know about the religion of the Celts.
druid means tree-knower
The toilet notes of Caesar and some christianized gaelic legends
That's all anyone knows
no christianity = no written word for celtic paganism
we know nothing and anyone who tells you any different(academic or otherwise) puts way too much faith in the scant evidence
even a christian priest writing about what they saw wouldn't know what the fuck is going on
this is also why neopagans are dumb as pig shit
Was he the greatest Russian who ever lived?
>>896442
>le boat man
Most pivotal? very arguable. Definitely up there with Lenin for that title.
Greatest? probably not.
Peter undoubtedly is the man who turned Russia from a Steppe kingdom into a European Empire that could go toe-to-toe with powers like France, Austria, and Sweden.
On the other hand, that's exactly what Peter did. he set the stage for Russia's rise, rather than see it truly unfold. St. Petersburg was still under construction by the time he died and would later see its true value under later leaders like Catherine and Alexander I.
Alexander I was probably the Russian who brought the Empire to its pinnacle in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
>>896459
That gigantic alcoholic Dutchaboo sex freak also dragged Russia into Europe by the legs. Considering just how Asiatic it really is, it's quite a feat to accomplish.
But then again, I used to live in Saint Petersburg for a while so maybe I'm biased.
Guys what do you think about armenian genocide? did it really happen? counting the tons of propaganda it has.
>>896430
armenian diaspora lies, desu, senpai
Guys what do you think about concentration camps during the Boer War? Did it really happen? counting the tons of propaganda it has.
Guys what do you think of the Rwandan genocide? Did it really happen? counting the tons of propaganda it has.
How much do we REALLY understand about Polish history?
WE
WE OF MONARCH AND THINGS
WUZ
The pact between UK and Poland, specificated help in a German offensive against Poland, despite Russia being just as much of a threat too. What if Russia was the only one to invade and occupy Poland. Would the UK and France have had the guts to wage war on Russia too.
Stalin wouldn't have invaded Poland on his own.
>>896270
>Why England and France were not suicidal
I don't know
because like you rightly say, their treaty specified the german threat, but unlike you claim later on, russia was simply not just as much of a threat at the time - germany was fresh on the back of occupying/annexing/breaking treaties
however, it was soon perceived as such and indeed during the winter war the western allies were surprisingly close to actively and militarily supporting finland against the soviet union
Is Pauline Christianity a real thing? Did Paul radically alter the teachings of Jesus into some sort of cosmological religion rather than a reformed movement of Judaism?
>>896194
>reformed movement of Judaism
This is exactly what Christianity was before Paul, in fact it doesn't even make sense to call it a new religion. Ideas about kosher, circumcition, and all of that were still in place. The other Gospels are constantly at odds with Paul for making the religion Gentile-friendly. For instance in Mathew Jesus comes not to "fufill" or change Jewish law but to make it more intense. In contrast Paul really tries to abounden the Jewish roots entirly, saying Mosaic law was from angels rather than God and calling it a type of prison.
Paul also emphasized Jesus's death as the central point of his life while the Gospels other than John (the last to be written) do not see it as important. For instance Mathew's Gospel doesn't even mention his resurrection in the origenal version.
>>896441
Don't you mean Mark? Which ends on 16:8 with the women running away in fear and not telling anyone?
>>896451
Yes. I goofed there.
If WWII happened today how would the USA react?
Assuming an Obama/Trump/Clinton presidency
The same but immediate intervention.
Wars todaywould be much faster. They would total cataclysms as well.
If you cant stop missiles and aircraft from entering your aerospacw then everybody in your country is dead, let alone your economy
>>895832
> The same but immediate intervention.
As if.
If no directly allied states (NATO) are involved they wouldn't care. See 888 as an example.
>>895846
>If no directly allied states (NATO) are involved they wouldn't care. See 888 as an example.
Well then it wouldn't be a fucking world war then, would it?
Jesus christ.
Why is there such a stigma against mental illness, especially in poorly or uneducated Americans?
>>894849
American myth of individualism.
Because some people are too stupid to tell the difference between a free choice and a determined occurrence. If you never think about the difference between what you choose and what's chosen for you, your sense of morality becomes a total mess, and you blame people for the wrong things.
>>894849
1) crazy soccer moms get their kids diagnosed with ADHD or whatever the latest fad is now so they can drug them up or obtain cocaine derivatives for themselves, psychology stopped being about scientific scrutiny and professional integrity long ago
2) when someone actually has a mental illness it is difficult for them to find someone who can properly diagnose them and they might be mistaken for one of the ADHD kids who aren't actually mentally ill and just faking it for drugs, assuming they are not so deluded they have no idea they can get help in the first place, they can spend years of their adult lives like this, sometimes ending up homeless and destitute while people assume they are not ill but just bad people who choose to be socially ostracized and sleep in the gutter.
Are our thoughts on slavery exaggerated?
Were slaves in America treated as unrighteous as our schools teach us?
How did ol Georgie treat his hemp gardeners?
>>893832
No, slaves were looked upon as subhuman and were treated accordingly. You can't revise history to feel better about things.
>>893832
They weren't treated much worse than other slaves in history. A good portion of them weren't even black anyways.
>893832
Asking the wrong questions again, I see.
How were the slaves treated by Muslims during the Arab slave trade?
Why weren't the Rotschild executed during the Holocaust?
Don't act like we don't know what you're doing.
>>893334
Because the alien space bats never showed up.
They hid the the basement
What is art?
>>888626
The attempt to express something.
Subjective interest and / or fascination for a manufactured work.
A meaningful definition of art must involve it having intrinsic worth otherwise it's just a descriptive word for arrangements of matter which make for a rather boring discussion.
And since i'm a strict utilitarian that only attributes intrinsic worth to happiness, i'll defend that art diesn't exist
What is the concepts of visual representation of power in this painting? Its Titian's Charles V.
>>896205
The fine clothes, the dog (idk what kind of dog that is but it probably has a symbolic meaning), and the codpiece. Definitely the codpiece.
Is this your art history homework or something?
>>896216
Yeah i need to make a presentation about it and idk anything about the meanings..
>>896205
idk man i guess that bulge must mean something
Simple question, maybe you guys can help.
So we all know the Turing test - if you interact with an artificial intelligence, and you can't tell if it's artificial, it passes the test. We also know this doesn't mean that AI we ware interacting with would actually be a true knowing intelligence, thanks to the Chinese room thought experiment. We can also observe this with very good chat-bots - they obviously have no knowing, since it only regurgitates based on statistical analysis.
So I was wondering, is there an externally observable metric any of us can come up with that would allow us to gauge if an AI has an actual knowing understanding, in stead of giving logarithmic answers?
The highly advanced AI's like The Akinator are so sophisticated and beyond our comprehension at the moment that it certainly is scary.
Akinator can read minds at this moment and he has been around only a few years and it certainly suggests that he may in fact possess a consciousness/telephatic abilities.
>>896016
Make it play Go.
I'll take a first stab at it:
Doing something unprompted. If something comes out we didn't program as output. Like a chatbot that suddenly starts giving us mathematical proofs, some kind of indication it wants to do this activity.
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