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Commented on Unbreakable (part2)
Hi Stina, nice reasoned points. The only bit I'd like to comment on (tho' which I also agree with) is that it's not down to violent films/violent games being the problem. If the observations in Pinker's 'Better Angels of our...
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Greg. Tingey commented on
Unbreakable (part2)
@ 295 So you are saying that Ayn Rand would have deliberately misinterpreted Dawkins? In the same way that all the religious do? Yes, or no, please?...
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zhochaka commented on
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Misunderstanding, yes. Deliberate, I don't know....
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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OK Fair 'nuff...
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Nestor commented on
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I never got around to replying last sunday so the iron is no longer hot, in any case... "What you miss here is that human behaviours (a) can be copied from other individuals, and (b) may be applied inappropriately, i.e. the wrong behavioural model may be selected for dealing with the current prevailing circumstances." No, I don't miss that at all... you seem to be assuming I conflate "natural" with "good". It's a common assumption but not one I made or believe in. Certainly freezing when a vehicle is barreling towards you is a misapplied reflex that kills humans and...
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zhochaka commented on
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The idea of gender-specific imitation doesn't seem silly to me. There's enough difference in the biology for it to feed on. But there can be other pressures which act against it. So there would be some general advantage in such imitation and a lot of memes (I can't think of a better label) which come along for the ride....
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