Eric Jacobus
@ericjacobus.bsky.social
Action guy and mad scientist. Armchair theorist.
Blog: https://ericjacobus.com
YT Channel: https://youtube.com/ericjacobusofficial
My book on media and violence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVTBQTF2
Blog: https://ericjacobus.com
YT Channel: https://youtube.com/ericjacobusofficial
My book on media and violence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVTBQTF2
If 0.1-3% of our DNA comes from Neanderthals, how can 98.5% be the same as primates? Can someone explain this genetic math? #Darwinism #anthropology #evolution
May 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If 0.1-3% of our DNA comes from Neanderthals, how can 98.5% be the same as primates? Can someone explain this genetic math? #Darwinism #anthropology #evolution
On American kinship and why the right should reevaluate its morals from a new angle.
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American Kinship 101
I came across a meme the other day where a right-wing troll asked why left-wing people accept various anti-natalist, anti-nationalist (and presumably anti-white) tenets. In the average person, issu…
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April 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On American kinship and why the right should reevaluate its morals from a new angle.
ericjacobus.com/2025/04/20/a...
ericjacobus.com/2025/04/20/a...
Einstein showed that mass and energy have an exchange nature with one another. I think the same is true of violence and language.
Albert Einstein died on this day, April 18, 1955.
It is incredible to hear Albert Einstein explain his famous formula, E=mc².
It is incredible to hear Albert Einstein explain his famous formula, E=mc².
April 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Einstein showed that mass and energy have an exchange nature with one another. I think the same is true of violence and language.
April 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I remember finding a dad's group in a Vegas park once. Great idea.
For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
April 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I remember finding a dad's group in a Vegas park once. Great idea.
25 years ago Peter Singer wrote this about tariffs and trade unions.
April 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
25 years ago Peter Singer wrote this about tariffs and trade unions.
American politics is not about philosophy or values. It's all about kinship, and increasingly so today. Let me explain.
In America, the two sides are trending toward what Levi-Strauss would have called a "restricted exchange" system. Here's what's happening, as I understand it...
In America, the two sides are trending toward what Levi-Strauss would have called a "restricted exchange" system. Here's what's happening, as I understand it...
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
American politics is not about philosophy or values. It's all about kinship, and increasingly so today. Let me explain.
In America, the two sides are trending toward what Levi-Strauss would have called a "restricted exchange" system. Here's what's happening, as I understand it...
In America, the two sides are trending toward what Levi-Strauss would have called a "restricted exchange" system. Here's what's happening, as I understand it...
Planet of the Apes predicts a day when one chimpanzee ("Caesar") finally evolves to have human-like intelligence.
Most call this science.
More accurately, this is a messianic fulfillment of Modern Synthesis & Darwinism.
I defend this in my book If These Fists Could Talk, on Amz a.co/d/9Vhz1wS
Most call this science.
More accurately, this is a messianic fulfillment of Modern Synthesis & Darwinism.
I defend this in my book If These Fists Could Talk, on Amz a.co/d/9Vhz1wS
If These Fists Could Talk: A Stuntman's Unflinching Take on Violence
Amazon.com: If These Fists Could Talk: A Stuntman's Unflinching Take on Violence: 9798309246939: Jacobus, Eric: Books
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March 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Planet of the Apes predicts a day when one chimpanzee ("Caesar") finally evolves to have human-like intelligence.
Most call this science.
More accurately, this is a messianic fulfillment of Modern Synthesis & Darwinism.
I defend this in my book If These Fists Could Talk, on Amz a.co/d/9Vhz1wS
Most call this science.
More accurately, this is a messianic fulfillment of Modern Synthesis & Darwinism.
I defend this in my book If These Fists Could Talk, on Amz a.co/d/9Vhz1wS
Were the first Chinese fortified cities built on the graves of notables? I compare this trend with the Roman and Greek city. #anthropology #kinship ericjacobus.com/2025/03/27/g...
Grave Sites as the First Chinese Cities
Fortified cities, and the entire social structure, in China might have begun with burial mounds. Whereas there are many mentions in the Li Ji and other documents that concubines, wives, and slaves …
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March 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Were the first Chinese fortified cities built on the graves of notables? I compare this trend with the Roman and Greek city. #anthropology #kinship ericjacobus.com/2025/03/27/g...
Is it possible to make technology that is only for good? I'm not so sure.
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Good Technology – A Myth?
I recently saw a post by Luke Bergis asking what kind of technology is good: My answer goes back to the ROBA Hypothesis: if we’re hoping to create non-violent technologies that are good for t…
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March 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Is it possible to make technology that is only for good? I'm not so sure.
ericjacobus.com/2025/03/02/g...
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In ancient society we slept when it got dark. In technological society we sleep when we get tired of watching screens = general exhaustion. Seems sleeping while it's dark pays dividends. I would also like to see studies about comparative rates of seasonal depression and nightmares.
We often blame our fatigue on our modern lifestyles, but people who live in industrial societies actually get more shut-eye than hunter-gatherers.
People in industrial societies get more sleep than hunter-gatherers
People in industrialised societies seem to sleep for longer than those in non-industrialised ones, but their circadian rhythms are more out of sync
www.newscientist.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In ancient society we slept when it got dark. In technological society we sleep when we get tired of watching screens = general exhaustion. Seems sleeping while it's dark pays dividends. I would also like to see studies about comparative rates of seasonal depression and nightmares.
Let's throw em in a bath tub and see if they reconstitute!
btw, brain preservation in one form or another has turned out to be surprisingly common
www.newscientist.com/article/2423...
www.newscientist.com/article/2423...
Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years
Intact human brains 12,000 years old or more have been found in unexpected places such as shipwrecks and waterlogged graves, but it is unclear what preserved them
www.newscientist.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Let's throw em in a bath tub and see if they reconstitute!
I have an Acheulean "chopper". When you grip it like this, if it's sharp, it cuts your hand open. Can any #archaeology pro explain this?
February 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I have an Acheulean "chopper". When you grip it like this, if it's sharp, it cuts your hand open. Can any #archaeology pro explain this?
Sanada is the best
Hiroyuki Sanada wins Best Actor in a Drama Series for ‘Shōgun’ at the #SAGAwards.
February 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Sanada is the best
In Napier's "Roots of Mankind" the author claims that "In the progress towards the social evolution of education, student revolts are a grave hindrance;... young males... act as adult males do in all primate societies when they are so challenged - aggressively." Here again myth rears its ugly head.
February 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In Napier's "Roots of Mankind" the author claims that "In the progress towards the social evolution of education, student revolts are a grave hindrance;... young males... act as adult males do in all primate societies when they are so challenged - aggressively." Here again myth rears its ugly head.
Seeking some #primatology or #zoology pros to help me understand this. Humans have a low intermembral index (long legs), even lower than New and Old World monkeys. Primates, by contrast, have a much higher index. Can anyone explain this disparity? (cit: Napier, Roots of Mankind, 1970)
February 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Seeking some #primatology or #zoology pros to help me understand this. Humans have a low intermembral index (long legs), even lower than New and Old World monkeys. Primates, by contrast, have a much higher index. Can anyone explain this disparity? (cit: Napier, Roots of Mankind, 1970)
The giant oarfish can grow up to 23 feet long. 19th century authors witnessed these creatures and called them sea serpents. No doubt these lent to myths of dragons, Loch Ness monster, etc. From the Wiki. #myth
February 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The giant oarfish can grow up to 23 feet long. 19th century authors witnessed these creatures and called them sea serpents. No doubt these lent to myths of dragons, Loch Ness monster, etc. From the Wiki. #myth
How I hope the human-vs-AI war goes.
February 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
How I hope the human-vs-AI war goes.
I have a different take: Lily Phillips' 100-man marathon isn't about bodily autonomy, but a kinship reduction technique that's been used since the dawn of humankind. She's not a sign of the downfall of civilization, simply a story of how humans never change. ericjacobus.com/2025/02/19/t...
February 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I have a different take: Lily Phillips' 100-man marathon isn't about bodily autonomy, but a kinship reduction technique that's been used since the dawn of humankind. She's not a sign of the downfall of civilization, simply a story of how humans never change. ericjacobus.com/2025/02/19/t...
The study involved opening the sarcophagus and running out of the room to vomit.
February 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The study involved opening the sarcophagus and running out of the room to vomit.
1) This is the biggest issue the Navajo are contending with esp. transporting uranium through the Navajo Nation, 2) in 10,000 years, archaeologists might look at these spikes and think they were tools of weapons. We should likewise rethink how we look at Oldowan and Acheulean handaxes. #archaeology
Memes, monuments, and songs of glowing cats, or: How to prevent our #NuclearWaste from being accidentally dug up 10,000 years in the future. 🏺☢️
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“Don’t dig here!” – The challenge of hiding and marking our nuclear waste, long-term
There’s a renewed debate over here recently about what to do with nuclear waste from power stations, research facilities and medical centres. Originally, Germany was supposed to have found a …
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February 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
1) This is the biggest issue the Navajo are contending with esp. transporting uranium through the Navajo Nation, 2) in 10,000 years, archaeologists might look at these spikes and think they were tools of weapons. We should likewise rethink how we look at Oldowan and Acheulean handaxes. #archaeology
A box of books about violence (and why it's bad, mm kay?) written by a stuntman with a message of hope. You can get yours on Amazon at www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVTBQTF2 #violence #aggression #peace #action #motioncapture
February 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A box of books about violence (and why it's bad, mm kay?) written by a stuntman with a message of hope. You can get yours on Amazon at www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVTBQTF2 #violence #aggression #peace #action #motioncapture
After suffering from a herniated L5 disk for 3 years (which I believe was 2006-2008 but the pain of the injury might have seriously messed up my time line), I gave up sitting and converted to a standing desk. L5 healed, also inter-shoulder pain healed. Never looked back.
A recent study of over 1,000 adults has zeroed in on just how much sitting is linked to poor health outcomes—and how to offset those effects.
8.5 Hours Of Daily Sitting Linked To Higher BMI And Cholesterol
Scientists studied the sitting habits of more than 1,000 adults to zero in on the link between time spent sitting and specific health outcomes.
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
After suffering from a herniated L5 disk for 3 years (which I believe was 2006-2008 but the pain of the injury might have seriously messed up my time line), I gave up sitting and converted to a standing desk. L5 healed, also inter-shoulder pain healed. Never looked back.
Note for next year: present the ROBA Hypothesis from my new book If These Fists Could Talk a.co/d/9Vhz1wS
February 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Note for next year: present the ROBA Hypothesis from my new book If These Fists Could Talk a.co/d/9Vhz1wS