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2 days ago · Main theories. The steppe model, the Anatolian model, and the Near Eastern (or Armenian) model are the three leading solutions for the Indo-European homeland. [note 2] The steppe model, placing the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) homeland in the Pontic-Caspian steppe around 4000 BCE, [5] is the theory supported by most scholars. [note 1]
6 days ago · A century after Sir Halford Mackinder first outlined his Heartland theory, its relevance remains strikingly clear. The ongoing war in Ukraine reflects the geopolitical realities Mackinder foresaw: control over Eastern Europe and the Heartland is a key determinant of global power.
2 days ago · The Secret to World Power? 🌍 The Heartland Theory Explained 🔥 #geopolitics_lessons
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2 days ago · The Theory of Equally Likely Outcomes says that if an experiment must result in one of n outcomes, and there is no reason Nature should prefer one of the outcomes to another, then the probability of each outcome is 100%/n.
2 days ago · Lamarck's two-factor theory involves 1) a complexifying force that drives animal body plans towards higher levels (orthogenesis) creating a ladder of phyla, and 2) an adaptive force that causes animals with a given body plan to adapt to circumstances (use and disuse, inheritance of acquired characteristics), creating a diversity of species and ...
2 days ago · The government controlled artistic expression, promoting specific art forms and banning or discouraging others. Genocide, mass murder, and large-scale forced labour became hallmarks of the regime; the implementation of the regime's racial policies culminated in the Holocaust.
3 days ago · In the article, Stroud decries the genre of ‘cool girl novelist books’, generalizing it to this paragraph below: “The anti-heroine of these novels is usually a PhD student (or at least an MA), crucially distinguishing her from the common undergraduate masses. Her knowledge of intersectional theory has left her crippled by a near constant anxiety about power imbalances and inequality.” Seems like a caricature, right? If I had just read the two parts I quoted without knowing the ...
