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>What he said had at least some spark of originality and insight, otherwise it wouldn't have gotten nearly the attention it did. I actually don't think the pub
by ruraljuror 9y ago
>What he said had at least some spark of originality and insight, otherwise it wouldn't have gotten nearly the attention it did.
I actually don't think the public response suggests insight or originality on his part. I would attribute much more of that to the social context.
- nicolashahn 9y agoYou may be right, but my point was the ideas he brought up merited discussion. The social timing of it may be what caused it to blow up so much (that and the misrepresentation by Gizmodo), but at least personally, I had not heard the argument made before in a way that allowed it to be discussed as widely as it is.
- calibration263 9y agoAs some one who took a sociology 101 class in junior college... nothing in his memo is original/new/insightful. This is a classic nature vs nurture argument.