tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post9215529893403451378..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: A Dialogue of the DeafNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-2565405682919781732010-06-03T14:43:51.769+01:002010-06-03T14:43:51.769+01:00Nige:
Dare to struggle. Dare to win!Nige:<br /><br />Dare to struggle. Dare to win!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-6070477103514102672010-06-03T13:43:44.405+01:002010-06-03T13:43:44.405+01:00McGregor - my intent was not to start an argument ...McGregor - my intent was not to start an argument but rather to show the futility of such arguments, dialogues of the deaf as they tend to be... <br />Bryan - I shall!<br />Brit - sound.<br />Malty - equally. <br />Peter - think I'd better ignore that one - you know what'll happen...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-13174199408539411092010-06-03T12:49:04.990+01:002010-06-03T12:49:04.990+01:00I'm open to alternative explanations.
McGrego...<i>I'm open to alternative explanations.</i><br /><br />McGregor10, the best alternative explanation is that it's a bunch of over-intellectualized gobbledegook that everybody thinks explains other folks nicely, but that nobody thinks applies to them.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-34841867333398743982010-06-03T12:04:19.426+01:002010-06-03T12:04:19.426+01:00Or Bill Oddie.Or Bill Oddie.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-21521580553889363382010-06-03T09:34:04.574+01:002010-06-03T09:34:04.574+01:00Yes but you interested much in butterflies, McGreg...Yes but you interested much in butterflies, McGregor10?Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60093317792633535652010-06-03T07:07:37.758+01:002010-06-03T07:07:37.758+01:00Tell her to read me in The Sunday Times Culture th...Tell her to read me in The Sunday Times Culture this weekend. Very edifyingBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-12912266419633712822010-06-03T04:21:39.855+01:002010-06-03T04:21:39.855+01:00I too have many heated debates with freinds and fa...I too have many heated debates with freinds and family about the topic of human nature-a topic with which I have recently become infatuated after taking a course in evo psych and reading several books on the topic. However, I find myself arguing from the evolutionary and neuroscience perspective. While I'm fairly certain I know the gist of your friend's argument, I'm not quite sure what your position would be, but I would be very much interested in hearing it. I'm open to alternative explanations. Why don't we start with this cynical view of "reductionism"- about which I'm almost entirely sure you know very little or at least what you do know is erroneous and mistaken. Evolutionary psychology is in no way a form of "genetic determinism" or "reductionism" (both of which, by the way are straw man arguments. Even the most staunch "reductionists" acknowledge the importance of envioronmental input. They simply study such influences in the context of genetics and neuroscience).McGregor10https://www.blogger.com/profile/12474978038224183591noreply@blogger.com