What is Universally Preferable Behavior?

What is Universally Preferable Behavior?

Growing up as an undiagnosed Aspie, I found it interesting to see how things worked. This meant systems, patterns of behavior, and so on. Eventually this got me into archaeology and then history. More recently this has morphed into philosophy, neurology, and...
Is Unconscious Bias a Myth?

Is Unconscious Bias a Myth?

We all know, especially those of us who work in business or are interested in equal rights (or both), how unconscious bias is supposed to work. There is a tranche of rhetoric and dogma which says that people – by this we usually mean white men, are innately...
Should We Make Everyone Normal?

Should We Make Everyone Normal?

No, we should not try to make everyone normal. Firstly, it is subjective to determine what normal is anyway – is it the majority? the average? Furthermore, it impinges on the basic human rights to force others to conform to an arbitrary standard or definition of...