History Headscratchers / BraveNewWorld

** I think it comes back to that OedipusComplex.

* What about homosexuals? A society of frequent, non reproductive sex and no one even MENTIONS homosexuality? The Brave New World is trying to prevent unwanted pregnancy by sterilizing most women, yet [[NoHeterosexualSexAllowed promoting homosexuality]] or [[EveryoneIsBi Bisexual "conditioning"]] aren't considered? Why not actively promote homosexuality in order to reduce unwanted pregnancies? Huxley seems to be going for a society where sex is quick and commonplace, and EveryoneIsBi would fit nicely with this.
** At the time when the book was written, homosexuality at the time was a criminal offense in Britain. Huxley was very well aware of and supportive of bisexuality - he was polyamorous and shared a lover with his bisexual wife, and even playfully coined the term 'omnifutuent' (Neo-Latin for 'all-fucking') to describe her. But it was still a huge risk to write about it.

** Given individuality is key in pursuing science, philosophy and art... not really. In this utopia, the only kind of science, philosophy and art that can be pursued is the "mass-produced" kind. But it's obvious this sort of philosophy is useless, this kind of art is barely art(more like a craft) and this sort of science (government-funded and focused on goals instead of discovery) would make Carl Sagan cry.

** As the DHC said to Marx, be a kid or leave. They only give short term happiness, sex, drugs and leisure, everything else is prohibited. It's too keep people happy not persons.
** One of the problems here is this was written by a non-hedonist. So some of this logic doesn't hold up from the perspective of people who would want to build a Brave New World which considering the book is anti-hedonist is kind of the point. An engineered world state with reservations and islands without rules is very accurate to what a hedonist utopia would look like. The World State of Brave New World however clearly isn't peak happiness to most hedonists back then or today.

** The World State isn't trying to produce happiness, it's trying to prevent unhappiness. Those who pursue real science, art, and experience can definitely still be happy (and in fact will almost certainly be happier than those still feeding of the infantile World State versions of these things), but they also have the potential to be ''un''happy, and that's what the World State won't accept.

** Considering the time when the book was written, as well as Huxley's British background, homosexuality at the time was a criminal offense and, quite probably, slipped Huxley's mind when writing the book.

* Why does John hate Popé? He seems to have been an al lright guy, acting similar to a long-term boyfriend. He doesn't seem to mistreat John in the little interactions they have and if he really was a long-term lover of Linda's, isn't it a better alliterative than her just being with random men? At least Popé was consistent.

* why dose John hate Popé? He seems to have been an alright guy, acting simlair to a long-term boyfriend. He doesn't seem to mistreat John the little interactions they have and if he really was a long-term lover of Linda's isn't it a better alliterative than her just being with random men? At least Popé was consistent.

** why dose John hate Popé? He seems to have been an alright guy, acting simlair to a long-term boyfriend. He doesn't seem to mistreat John the little interactions they have and if he really was a long-term lover of Linda's isn't it a better alliterative than her just being with random men? At least Popé was consistent.

(Both the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fanfic and the Huxley novel of this title point to this Headscratcher page.)
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** They aren't using magic, tampering with fetuses, using a drug that stimulate pleasure and all the weird conditioning is gonna kill someone in the late years. Epsilon making it to sixty in perfect health is a miracle giving they engineered birth defects.

* In the Island experiment, everyone was an Alpha citzen and all the islanders considered themselves above tasks for the lower classes, and things went downhill … and fast. However, wasn't that experiment ''already'' doomed to fail even before it began? I kept thinking: all Alpha citizens are conditioned since birth to behave like '''exactly like that''', relishing their inteligence while priding themselves as above those of the lower classes, ''even if those jobs needed to be done''.

** In his first appeareance, Mond talks about Freud, but the students imply he is just mispelling "Ford". It's implied that some people, like Freud (who studied not just family relations, but majorly individuality) are hidden and forbidden. All the names that are accepted are about people whose ideas revolve around coletivity.