death penalty
Request: A legal sentence where the government kills someone convicted of certain crimes.
Culture
The Ten Commandments
"A set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship that play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity" -- wikipedia.
white lie
An often trivial, diplomatic or well-intentioned untruth -- American Heritage Dictionary.
caning in Singapore
Request: Singapore used to be the highest calibrating country on Earth. Perhaps it sounds bad, but is it effective as a deterrent from crime?
mankind, Feb. 2026
Mankind is pulled down by fear (105) and pulled up by the opportunity to succeed (285). As such, these are the basic levers of politics.
monogamy
Request: In TvF, polygamy was 145. I would imagine monogamy would be 200+.
pornography
Calibrated at 75 in Truth vs. Falsehood.
credit scoring in the USA
Also calibration of FICO scores. "Credit scores are designed to measure the risk of default by taking into account various factors in a person's financial history" --wikipedia.
burial vs. cremation
Request: "Some teachings insist on one or the other, but is there a difference in reality?"
Chinese zodiac
Request: The validity and truth of Chinese zodiac on person's life.
Scott Adams
June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026. "Cartoonist, author, and conservative commentator. He was the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire" -- wikipedia.
Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster
by Helen Andrews.
The Problem with Feminising Society - Helen Andrews
A Triggernometry episode. Video embedded. "The channeling of so many women of childbearing age into the workforce has had two really big potentially civilization ending consequences. One is... the feminization of institutions. The other is declining birth rates."
hikikomori
A form of severe social withdrawal, called hikikomori, has been frequently described in Japan and is characterized by adolescents and young adults who become recluses in their parents’ homes, unable to work or go to school for months or years — PubMed Central.
correlation of psychiatric pharmaceuticals for adolescents and school shootings
Request: the school shooting phenomenon seems to coincide with increased adolescent use of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications. Is there a connection?