Black History Month Ireland, why?

Because you made a vague assertion about the supposed ignorance of posters, assuming a position of superiority in terms of knowledge and understanding. You followed up with the attitude that we should just believe you that others are ignorant and that you know better, doubling down on more vague accusations about posters who supposedly didn't know what they were talking about. Without quotes or evidence showing these ignorant beliefs, just more claims that they exist.

As for my supposed obligation to "push back" on false beliefs... err... when was I conscripted into that regiment, and why didn't I get the memo?

Lastly, You didn't post any facts in your response to me. You posted your opinions on a variety of subjects. Now, it's quite telling that you consider your opinions to be the same as historical facts, but I hate to break it to you.. you're just not that important. Your opinions are still just opinions. Just as mine are. Facts, especially historical facts are something else entirely, because they're not open to interpretation and the debate about their meaning or value, comes after the fact has been established. Because facts aren't really debatable. Somewhat.

So... the idea being that if you care about the topic, then you would invest time in defending the position that you've taken. Rather than just doubling down on every response, trying to reinforce your position, with nothing more solid than the air you're breathing while typing.

Haha... that''s your proof of ignorance (lack of knowledge) and the basis of your outrage over others beliefs?

Oh lord. You're really scraping the barrel if that's your justification for assuming the position you did (especially since this post came after you assumed that position)

Um,. actually there are more Asians living in Ireland than Black people, so it would make far more sense to have such a history month for them, and [I suspect] they've also had a longer history/presence in Ireland/Europe than Black people.

Just regarding misinformation... since you decided to highlight the misinformation that comes from the American Right, but I guess you don't have any similar concerns about misinformation coming from the American Left? Or those with agendas to push (NGOs, Lobby groups, etc)?

They will adapt. The point is they are aiming for 1km long space ships. They are planning generations in advance while the west cannot plan for more than 5 years ahead

Just look at the trend. Western university students are getting consent classes and diversity training in their opening weeks. Korean-Japanese-Chinese students are gettinf introduced to the previous high achieving alumni, goals and aspirations of progress. Agree demograohics of china and japan don,t loom great but expect great things from Thais, Cambodians, Vietnamese, and maybe the phillippines.

Those that can successfully imitate today are more likely to innovate tomorrow

Err... that's not true. I've taught at Chinese universities for just over 11 years, and many of my positions included courses on critical thinking. I know that critical thinking tends to be a required subject on most university degree programs.

Conformity is, and has always been an important part of Chinese culture, long before Mao came along. That's the problem. The fear of standing out and disagreeing with others. It does happen though, and I'd say that every class of 40-60 university students will have two-three students who are fully capable (and confident enough) to counter what others say, while the remainder will seek mob approval or simply go with the accepted version of things. And before you think that's bad... consider what's happened in the US regarding any courses related to the social sciences or psychology. . (TBH it wasn't much different in my own classes when I was in University, where most students stayed quiet rather than look foolish in front of others.)

The problem with copying is that China doesn't tend to have any kind of honor code system in their schools/universities, so they're taught by society that you should cheat in order to get ahead. Which kinda makes sense when you're competing with a billion other people for limited resources and employment. It's easier to talk about being honorable when resources are plentiful. Also, to add, I've seen the same attitude in a variety of Asian and African countries.. not just China. The other issue is the lack of personal responsibility, so the **** flows downhill and good ideas are often stolen by your manager, so there's a general attitude of "why bother", when it just means more work and little improvement in your life.

As for your last point, I can't.. but then I don't pay much attention to such things.. however, a large part of modern "innovation" is taking something created previously and improving on it. The Chinese do that very well... it's just that they gained the reputation of stealing IP, but there's a lot of innovation going on in China that's not from stolen IP/Tech.

Haha,... they're not potential problems anymore. They're real and serious problems right now. With few ways of countering them without a massive overhaul of both their traditional culture and their modern society.

Yeah.. I've been worried about the West for about two decades now.. but honestly, my worries aren't going to change anything. The social sciences continue to gain support, just has American politicalised psychology established itself in most governments/health services/education, and we're still pushing problems on to the next generation, rather than biting the bullet and solving them now.

Big projects don't tend to seek public support nowadays because the State steps in, along with private business investment. You should take a look at some of the science based big projects that have been going on in Europe over the last few decades. There's some rather impressive experiments going on. I don't have a huge interest in such things, but if you widen your scope a bit, you'll find quite a few big projects ongoing.