TABOOS You know, I look at investigating taboos as intellectual honesty. And I k

TABOOS

You know, I look at investigating taboos as intellectual honesty. And I know that makes people a little frustrated with me. But I have to fully explore the intellectual taboos to understand their CONSTRUCTION. So, I don’t think it’s wise to avoid these subjects, as much as it is to understand how and why they are constructed so that we can develop arguments and institutions that solve the REAL PROBLEMS that taboo subjects (ideas, biases, norms) evolved to counter. You cannot solve something by pretending it’s false, or avoiding it because it’s undesirable.

Sometimes you just need to get in there and get your hands dirty.

(Reminds me of that woman who dissects beached whales and can’t get the small off of her for a few weeks afterward… lol).

Most taboos exist for reasons. Good reasons. Most stereotypes are true. That does not mean we should not understand them so that we can find institutional solutions that allow us to replace A-RATIONAL taboos, with rational institutions.