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author	Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
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 	arkian: {
 		title: 'The Arkian Solution',
 		content: `\
-<p>The Arkian solution to escaping from human decay is to form a new ethnicity whose <a href="/requirements.html">membership requirements</a> will select for high quality people.  In particular, we want people who have traditional religious morals, who are intelligent and persistent, and who are ethnocentric.  I will start by explaining the reasoning for the requirements.</p>
+<p>The Arkian solution to escaping from human decay is to try to protect one's descendants by trying to make them Arkian.  The <a href="/requirements.html">membership requirements</a> will encourage them to differ from the degenerate mainstream.  In particular, we want them to understand traditional religious morals and to be intelligent and persistent with critical thinking.  I will explain the reasoning for the requirements.</p>
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 			scripture: {
-				title: 'Scripture Test',
+				title: 'Old Testament Test',
 				content: `\
-<p>The first requirement is passing a test on scripture.  We currently only have an <a href="/test.html">Old Testament test</a> (for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaite_Judaism">Karaites</a> and others who follow the Old Testament).  If a Christian becomes Arkian, he can add a full Bible test.  And we will add a Quran test if a Muslim is seriously interested in joining.</p>
+<p>The first requirement is passing an <a href="/test.html">Old Testament test</a>.  We may consider adding tests for other scriptures if there is an interest.  The Old Testament is a fundamental religious text of western culture.  Knowledge of the Old Testament shows at least willingness to learn religion, but quite possibly is a result of some commitment to religion.</p>
-<p>The Bible and Quran are the fundamental religious texts of western culture.  Knowledge of either book shows at least willingness to learn religion, but quite possibly is a result of some commitment to religion.  Why not other scriptures?  Because only these scriptures produced successful cultures in the West.  But if someone provides a strong argument to add another scripture, we would consider it.</p>
+<p>Note that this is a test of knowledge, not of faith.  Since Arkians are not a religion, there should be no requirements of belief.  Passing this test just proves that one isn't ignorant of religion.  But what conclusions one reaches from one's religious knowledge is a personal matter.</p>
-<p>Note that this is a test of knowledge, not of faith.  Since Arkians are an ethnicity, not a religion, there should be no requirements of belief.  Passing this test just proves that one isn't ignorant of religion.  But what conclusions one reaches from one's religious knowledge is a personal matter.</p>
 <p>One may argue that an immoral person can pass this test by studying.  But why would he bother?  What motivation would an immoral person have to go through all this trouble to become Arkian?  A moral religious person would probably already have most of the knowledge needed for him to pass, and he should have more of a reason to become Arkian, so I think this test is an effective means of selecting for religious morality.</p>
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 			go: {
 				title: 'Go Test',
 				content: `\
-<p>The second requirement is passing a <a href="/go.html">Go</a> test.  I was a fairly good chess player and I know most traditional games of skill, and Go is by far the best.  Go tests for intelligence, judgement, perseverance to build a skill, and ability to prioritize.  The typical modern person will not have the self-discipline to develop skill in Go, so this test eliminates such people.  And of course the intelligence aspect of Go ensures eugenic selection to produce an intelligent population.</p>
+<p>The second requirement is passing a <a href="/go.html">Go</a> test.  I was a fairly good chess player and I know most traditional games of skill, and Go is by far the best.  Go tests for intelligence, judgement, perseverance to build a skill, and ability to prioritize.  The typical modern person will not have the self-discipline to develop skill in Go, so this test eliminates such people.</p>
-<p>But Go is about more than intelligence.  For critical thinking, intelligence is not enough.  One must learn to be critical of all ideas including one's own ideas.  This is only developed by experiencing the failure of ideas.  Things like math and puzzles don't provide this.  But competitive games are optimal for providing negative feedback for bad ideas, through losing the game.  This forces skepticism of ideas which is required for critical thinking.</p>
+<p>But Go is about more than intelligence.  For critical thinking, intelligence is not enough.  One must learn to be critical of all ideas including one's own ideas.  This is only developed by experiencing the failure of ideas.  Things like math and puzzles don't provide this.  But competitive games are optimal for providing negative feedback for bad ideas, through losing the game.  This forces skepticism of ideas which is required for critical thinking.  Here is evidence to support Go:</p>
-<p>For such games, one can also read books to learn strategies.  And playing games allows one to learn how to apply what one reads.  This is another critical skill, learning how to apply what one learns passively in an active environment.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The cognitive reflection test (CRT) is designed to test the tendency to resist intuitive incorrect answers through reflective reasoning. The CRT consists of three questions, each of which has an intuitive but wrong answer, and the correct answers require less impulsive and more reflective thinking. It captures not only thinking ability, but also personal thinking style and characteristics.</p>
+<p>The first remarkable result of our survey was the average CRT score. The scores for the general population are usually below 0.7 (e.g., de Mel et al., 2010) and the test has been described as “demanding” (Kahan, 2013). Finance professionals score better (1.87, Kirchler et al., 2016) and students of top American universities score around 2 on average (e.g., the average score of MIT students in Frederick, 2005, was 2.18). The mean score among Go players was substantially higher, 2.51 (SD = 0.05), even higher than for expert chess players (2.08; Campitelli & Labollita, 2010). To the best of our knowledge, this is larger than all previously measured values for subject groups.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<cite><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10494937/">Cognitive Reflection and Theory of Mind of Go Players</a></cite>
+<p>CRT sounds a lot like critical thinking.  Teach children Go to develop their critical thinking.</p>
+<p>For learning Go, one can also read books to learn strategies.  And playing games allows one to learn how to apply what one reads.  This is another critical skill, learning how to apply what one learns passively in an active environment.</p>
 <p>While this isn't a requirement, I would hope that Arkian parents teach their children Go.  Video games generally destroy children's ability to concentrate while Go increases the ability to concentrate.  I think Go is the best mental exercise for children, and would result in more intelligent adults.</p>
 <p>In the Old Testament, Amos 5:15 says "Hate evil and love good, and establish judgement in the gate.".  Hating evil and loving good are not enough.  One needs to have the judgement to distinguish between the two.  The game of Go is fundamentally about developing judgement using analysis, experience, and study.  The reason that children play games is to develop skills, and the skill that Go teaches is the skill of developing judgement.  I believe that judgement is critical for correctly understanding and applying religion, so children who play Go will have a better understanding of their religion as adults.</p>
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 			parents: {
 				title: 'Have Arkian Parents',
 				content: `\
-<p>The previous two tests are to become Arkian.  But one can also be born Arkian if one is born from an Arkian couple.</p>
+<p>The previous two tests are to become Arkian.  But one can also be born Arkian if one is born from an Arkian couple.  This is to encourage Arkians to marry.  This is eugenic and will help to protect your genetic future.</p>
-<p>An ethnicity must have shared attributes including things like genetics and culture.  This is achieved by marrying within the group and so passing on attributes to the next generation.  This is why it is very important to have an incentive for an Arkian to marry another Arkian.  Most ethnicities are land-based, so they marry within the group naturally.  But when an ethnicity becomes too successful and so attracts many immigrants, they have a problem.  Pericles solved this for Ancient Athens by <a href="https://www.stoa.org/demos/article_women_and_family@page=all&greekEncoding=UnicodeC.html#section_4">requiring</a> that both parents are Athenian citizens for the child to be an Athenian citizen.  This is the source of my idea on this.  Judaism is not optimal in only requiring one parent (mother for Talmudic, father for Karaite) because this allows untested genes into the gene pool.</p>
+<p>The surest way to make one's children Arkian is to marry an Arkian.  Doing this will ensure a quality spouse.  This is clearly eugenic and should improve the genetic quality of one's children.  Also note that the parents must be married for the child to be born Arkian.  This is to encourage monogamy and to discourage promiscuity.  Children born outside outside of marriage are not automatically Arkian.</p>
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-<p>One other central reason for this criteria is that it selects for ethnocentrism.  An ethnicity that doesn't have its own land must be strongly ethnocentric to survive.  Those who are not strongly ethnocentric must leave.  Someone who is ethnocentric will try to marry within the group.  I think Jews have benefited a lot by selecting for ethnocentrism.  Since I am racially Jewish, I think I inherited a strong ethnocentric instinct but unfortunately there is no current ethnicity (including Jews) worthy of being ethnocentric towards.  Arkians should be a worthy ethnicity with a strongly ethnocentric population.</p>
+			},
+			children: {
-<p>Also note that the parents must be married for the child to be born Arkian.  This is to select for monogamous traits and to select against promiscuity.  Children born outside outside of marriage are not automatically Arkian.</p>
+				title: 'Make Your children Arkian',
-`				,
+				content: `\
-			},
+<p>Another requirement is to promise to try to make your children Arkian.  This is what makes the Arkian idea work across generations.  For your children to become Arkian, they must also promise to try to make their children Arkian, and so on across generations.</p>
-			individual: {
-				title: 'Why would an individual become Arkian?',
+<p>Each Arkian has two options for making their children Arkian: either marry an Arkian or make their children pass the Arkian tests.  Marrying an Arkian improves genetic quality.  Making their children pass the Arkian tests requires children to be raised decently.  Each option has a positive effect.  Of course the best would be both: marry and Arkian and have one's children pass the Arkian tests.  Doing both is encouraged but not required.</p>
-				content: `\
-<p>The obvious benefit of becoming Arkian is that your descendants have a chance of escaping genetic decay.  Given the current dysgenic culture, you can be sure that your descendants will decay genetically if they remain in the general gene pool.  The only way to avoid this is to join a separate gene pool like Anabaptists, Jews, or Arkians.  Of these options, only becoming Arkian allows you to keep your current religion.  You can continue attending your church or mosque for a good religious community.</p>
+<p>Not all of one's descendants will be Arkian.  The worst won't be.  The goal is simply to make sure that at least some of one's descendants won't become mainstream moronic scum.</p>
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-<p>How would this work in practice?  Your children should be Arkian either through the tests or by birth.  You should explain to them the importance of them marrying Arkians.  They can either marry a current Arkian or someone willing to join.  The Arkian tests ensure that they will marry quality people.  So this is a good filter to help your children marry good people.  And hopefully the same process will continue throughout the generations of your descendants.</p>
+			},
+			webite: {
+				title: 'Preserve This Website',
+				content: `\
+<p>The last requirement is preserve this website by having a local copy.  This website is the core expression of the Arkian idea.  It serves the same role that scripture does in a religion.  Future Arkians can read this website to understand what this is all about.</p>
+<p>This website is in source control.  It should be treated as a living document and be updated as needed.  No matter what changes are made, older versions will still be preserved in source control.</p>
+`				,
+			},
+			ethnicity2: {
+				title: 'An Arkian Ethnicity?',
+				content: `\
+<p>My original vision was to form an Arkian ethnicity.  This would be ideal, but it is just a fantasy in the modern world.  I explained this fantasy in <a href="/old/">my old "about" pages</a>.</p>
+<p>The current approach of saving one's family line is more modest and is meant to be more practical.  This was the approach taken by Abraham in the Old Testament.  The description of the growth of monotheism in the Old Testament starts with a small family that then grows into clan and then into a substantial population and finally into a nation/ethnicity.  This would be my dream for Arkians.</p>
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