@humantruth.info - Vexen Crabtree

26 Jul 2026 17:58 +0000

Abstinence-only sex education has been tried repeatedly by conservative Christian communities in the #USA, but it consistently fails to prepare students for the realities of life, makes unwanted pregnancies & STDs more common, in some cases, doubling their rates. https://www.humantruth.info/abstinence_only.html

24 Jul 2026 13:38 +0000

For decades, when individual toxic substances were banned in the 1st-world, #China took on production regardless of risks to its workforce & chemical #pollution. When weak gov & immoral corporations co-exist, there is no chance for rule of law to restrict abuse. https://www.humantruth.info/multinationals.html

09 Jul 2026 17:49 +0000

#Nepal has gender inequalities in law, despite progress over past decades. E.g. millions are unable to get citizenship (not even immigrants) because mothers cannot pass it on: only men can. If the dad isn't around: tough. This could easily be made gender-neutral. https://www.humantruth.info/nepal_human_rights_and_freedom.html

09 Jul 2026 00:13 +0000

#Nepal 's teen birthrate was 100+ per 1k girls aged 15-19 in the 90s & 00s. Human Rights Watch warns that child marriage remains a serious problem, with 33% girls married <18. But, the cause is that 40% of the pop is <18, making it a demographic, not a cultural issue. www.humantruth.info/nepal.html https://www.humantruth.info/nepal.html

12 Jun 2026 10:56 +0000

Extract from the EU Env Agency's page on #Belgium. https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-environment-2025/countries/belgium. Things are going in the right direction but too slowly. Rollout of low-emission zones is significantly improving air pollution in cities. Over 20yrs, % of consumed energy from renewable sources increased to 15%.

06 Apr 2026 13:04 +0000

A quick summary of religion in #Japan. #Shinto and #Buddhist practices dominate, although for decades, over half the #Japanese have decalred themselves non-religious. www.humanreligions.info/japan.html https://www.humanreligions.info/japan.html

10 Mar 2026 16:12 +0000

Methods that work to reduce binge-drinking and problematic #alcohol abuse are increasing prices, limiting advertising (especially to children), curbing high-volume deals that encourage binge drinking and setting low drink-driving limits. https://www.humantruth.info/alcohol_prevention.html #PublicHealth

08 Mar 2026 16:38 +0000

Four arguments that a creator-#God cannot have #freewill. (4/4) A perfect being that created time never changes; any new state implies that the previous state was less good. A being that never changes makes no choices. https://www.humanreligions.info/god_has_no_free_will.html #theology #theism #philosophy #time

08 Mar 2026 16:38 +0000

Four arguments that a creator-#God cannot have #freewill. (3/4) An all-knowing god knows with certainty all its future actions. Its knowledge cannot be wrong: it must follow an instantaneously predetermined path. https://www.humanreligions.info/god_has_no_free_will.html #theology #theism #philosophy #omniscience

08 Mar 2026 16:37 +0000

Four arguments that a creator-#God cannot have #freewill. (2/4) A benevolent God always chooses the path that causes most good, so, never has a choice. https://www.humanreligions.info/god_has_no_free_will.html #theology #theism #philosophy #benevolence

08 Mar 2026 16:36 +0000

Four arguments that a creator-#God cannot have #freewill. (1/4) If God is perfect, then, it always follows the best course of action and therefore never has a choice. https://www.humanreligions.info/god_has_no_free_will.html #theology #theism #philosophy #benevolence

07 Mar 2026 22:15 +0000

#Ireland comes in the top 10% for women's equality, but only after a late struggle against the #Catholic Church, which even until 1973 resisted a new law that allowed married women to have jobs. The Catholic's hold waned, finally allowing general female emancipation. www.humantruth.info/ireland.html https://www.humantruth.info/ireland.html

07 Mar 2026 16:00 +0000

Added a note that the UK's #tabloids are often cited as the world's worst, and the effect is strong enough to damage #democracy itself in the #UK. https://www.humantruth.info/uk_newspapers_comparison.html

06 Mar 2026 21:57 +0000

Added section 6.1 noting the methods that Western disposers use to avoid international law and dump electronic waste in #Ghana, by mislabelling it as second-hand-electronics and donations. www.humantruth.info/ghana.html https://www.humantruth.info/ghana.html

05 Mar 2026 18:57 +0000

"#Capitalism provides, to a much greater extent than most of us believe, the ladders for talent to climb", wrote #Schumpeter in 1942. But now, 46% of the world's wealth is owned by just 1%. Added ch3, showcasing the most unequal & equal countries. https://www.humantruth.info/free_market_capitalism.html

01 Mar 2026 21:30 +0000

#Knowledge: (1/5 - in comments): In ethics, you can't make moral choices without some knowledge of consequences. Aristotle argued that acting from ignorance is the same as from compulsion, and counts as an /Involuntary/ action. www.humantruth.info/knowledge.html https://www.humantruth.info/knowledge.html

01 Mar 2026 16:04 +0000

Romantic Marriage emphasizes love & choice, regardless of what others think. Pragmatic Marriage prioritize family alliances but still grant choice. Arranged Marriages are hard to resist. In reality, all these paths result in valid relationships and genuine bonds. www.humantruth.info/marriage.html https://www.humantruth.info/marriage.html

25 Feb 2026 17:10 +0000

#Internet access is essential for information, research, education & political involvement. It's a "liberation technology"; the UN HDR 2019 described it as "critical" to modern life. Here are the countries over 4 decades with the best & worst, access to the internet, sorted by 2020s average data.

24 Feb 2026 02:01 +0000

#China ranks 73rd in the world in terms of its responsibility towards the #environment. This is calculated from 21 data sets. Overall, it presents a mixed picture; some great deeds but a long history of international antagonism. https://www.humantruth.info/china_environment.html

22 Feb 2026 16:53 +0000

The 1980s-2000s 'retrieved memory' panic that therapists indulged in, resulted in a wave of accidentally fabricated #memories, much through #hypnosis, and was generally abandoned after police and courts noticed the industry was producing MUCH false evidence. https://www.humantruth.info/why_are_memories_unreliable.html ch3.

22 Feb 2026 15:56 +0000

#Nietzsche in 1886 pointed out that our memories are subject to our mental states & regrets. When our memory says "I did that!" but our pride says "I could not have done", eventually it is our memory that surrenders. Added to ch2: https://www.humantruth.info/why_are_memories_unreliable.html

20 Feb 2026 21:39 +0000

#Palestine 's #Blasphemy laws have a long history. The NYT in 1929 announced "a blasphemy ordinance just made public here... any one uttering a word or a sound calculated to outrage the religious feelings or beliefs of another is liable to one year in prison". www.humantruth.info/palestine.html https://www.humantruth.info/palestine.html

20 Feb 2026 10:41 +0000

#Russia can't invade #Ukraine, #Israel can't destroy the rest of #Palestine, the #USA can't have #Greenland: If the world sticks together against strong-man aggression, everyone's future is safer. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7430561808505270272/