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It's surprising to the mainstream left, which is as ignorant of current behavioral genetics research as the mainstream right is of climate change research. Edi

It's surprising to the mainstream left, which is as ignorant of current behavioral genetics research as the mainstream right is of climate change research. Edit: downvoters, I'm not trying to be explicitly political here. I'm really just making a broader point that the uncritical embrace of the blank slate hypothesis is the reason this is surprising, in the same way that confirmation of AGW would be surprising to a climate change denier.

facetube 11y ago
You're being downvoted because you're being overbroad IMO. To claim the entire "mainstream left" is ignorant of behavioural genetics research is demonstrably false and may be viewed as being politically motivated.
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- crusso 11y ago
  Notice that you had to add "entire" to vox's statement to make your point. Vox's point was a bit of a generalization, but your argument used an unfair exaggeration.
  - facetube 11y ago
    Was he talking about only a portion of the "mainstream left"? These are individual American citizens with a variety of competencies and experience; it's unclear to me why there'd be a connection between this and one's political beliefs.
    - crusso 11y ago
      Even the modifier "mainstream" suggests a subset of some larger "left". If you understood his similar comment about the "mainstream right", that should give you an idea of how he drew the connection for the "mainstream left".
- vixen99 11y ago
  There is an identifiable mainstream left and we know exactly what they think about behavioural genetics research? Or at least we know enough to claim it is demonstrably false? So who is being overbroad here?
gnaritas 11y ago
> It's surprising to the mainstream left, which is as ignorant of current behavioral genetics research as the mainstream right is of climate change research. Ignorant and without foundation. > I'm really just making a broader point that the uncritical embrace of the blank slate hypothesis No, you're trying to label the left as ignorant of an entire field of study because it makes you think you're superior to them, never mind that your assertion is not true.

facetube 11y ago

You're being downvoted because you're being overbroad IMO. To claim the entire "mainstream left" is ignorant of behavioural genetics research is demonstrably false and may be viewed as being politically motivated.

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crusso 11y ago
Notice that you had to add "entire" to vox's statement to make your point. Vox's point was a bit of a generalization, but your argument used an unfair exaggeration.
- facetube 11y ago
  Was he talking about only a portion of the "mainstream left"? These are individual American citizens with a variety of competencies and experience; it's unclear to me why there'd be a connection between this and one's political beliefs.
  - crusso 11y ago
    Even the modifier "mainstream" suggests a subset of some larger "left". If you understood his similar comment about the "mainstream right", that should give you an idea of how he drew the connection for the "mainstream left".
vixen99 11y ago
There is an identifiable mainstream left and we know exactly what they think about behavioural genetics research? Or at least we know enough to claim it is demonstrably false? So who is being overbroad here?

gnaritas 11y ago

> It's surprising to the mainstream left, which is as ignorant of current behavioral genetics research as the mainstream right is of climate change research. Ignorant and without foundation. > I'm really just making a broader point that the uncritical embrace of the blank slate hypothesis No, you're trying to label the left as ignorant of an entire field of study because it makes you think you're superior to them, never mind that your assertion is not true.