Fairness First

The Fermi Paradox: Why with hundreds of billions of planets that are in the habitable zone around the stars in the milky way, why after decades of searching have we found no technologically produced radio waves from outside our solar system, no sign of technological life beyond our own? Because, as we see in nature, a lot of repetition exists, a large number of species have penises and vaginas. So it is with the development of life and technological civilization elsewhere in the universe, it evolves similarly to our own. Technological civilizations elsewhere in the universe are going to discover similar technologies to us, like burning fossil fuels on a massive, planetary disrupting scale, or nuclear weapons. We see no sign of technological life elsewhere in the universe because the universe is 20 billion years old and really advanced technological civilizations like ours only exist for hundreds of years, maybe a few thousand years. They're gone in a blink compared to the 20 ...

Some background is necessary for full understanding of what went on between my brother Murray and me.  He had been  an occasional visitor to my acreage and sometimes brought me food or candy.  One time he gave me his used Aerostar van which despite its age was a very good vehicle for me.  He was also a bigot which I really hated.  He constantly condemned indigenous people and was wilfully irrational about justifying his  bigotry. He would, for example, tell me about how horrible Canadian Indians were because "lol, the losers are asking for compensation because they were WWII veterans!".  I explained to him, it was not that they were asking for something other veterans had not gotten, it was a disgraceful action of unfairness by the Canadian government.  At the outbreak of WWII, many native Canadians offered to fight.  The government told them, "If you want to join the Canadian army, you have to renounce all your rights as a Native Canadia...

Morality based upon religion does not put fairness first and this sometimes results in immoral teachings in traditional religions. The heart of the problem with religion is that it encourages the destructive "us versus them" attitude that is at the heart of human conflict. A major flaw in common religions is that they single out one group of people (us) for which they arrogantly assume the whole world was made to benefit - to the exclusion of others. I.E. Christian and Jewish religious texts repeatedly emphasize that the Jews are god's chosen ones and others are enemies to be destroyed and shown no mercy. Islam is no different. Contrary to the bible's first commandment the Old Testament is a repetitive orgy of violence and murder which includes God's demanding that not just opposing armies but innocent women (pregnant or not), children, and babies be killed. God doesn't just kill his non-Jewish enemies, he again and again becomes irate and nearly wipes out his...