6/7/2024 Today Mr. You's video mentioned Hunter Biden having "affair" with his late brother's wife as a no no. So I looked up what I thought is a cultural shock and responded in his comment:
夫兄弟婚在基督教影響的國家是鼓勵的,所以不需以儒家思想看待。
汉族传统上不鼓励夫兄弟婚,特别是儒家兴起之后,社会舆论认为这是乱伦的一种,并立法禁止。明朝法律规定,娶父、伯、叔寡妇者判斩首,娶寡兄嫂或弟媳者判绞死[2]。清朝也有类似的法律[3]。Source: Wikipedia on 夫兄弟婚.
6/5/2024 Stephen Tong on Gorgias' 3 propositions:
- Nothing exists.
- If anything exists, it cannot be known;
- If anything can be known, it cannot be communicated
I believe Tong elsewhere mentioned that these 3 propositions though have some truth in it, is full of side effect.
6/4/2024 Revisiting the facial reconstruction science. To satisfy my curiosity, I may have come across this before, but the best known proof of facial reconstruction is that of Gail Matthews. One that we can compare with the real photo.
I am thinking of a new theory: For people who talk a lot, love to talk, or just talk, if they cannot control their talk time when it needs to be, unaware of their time vs. other people's time, they are the shallow type, regardless of the vast knowledge they may have. My kind response to this should be in the ballpark of: "We'll talk later about it", rather than just cutting them off. That is, if it is still worth talking about.