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You forgot: (x) assigning infants to the female vs male groups (y) distinguishing brain matter by color More seriously, I've always subscribed to the idea th
by mkempe 9y ago
You forgot:
(x) assigning infants to the female vs male groups
(y) distinguishing brain matter by color
More seriously, I've always subscribed to the idea that nurture had a somewhat greater hand than nature in gender differences, e.g. when an adult keeps talking over my 3y-old daughter saying "you're so cute" and not listening to what she is trying to say; or complimenting her on her hair or clothing, never on the quality of her speech or actions.
- tscs37 9y agoI believe several studies have bounded the lower limit of nature vs nurture at about 50% nature, though studies have gone as low at 40% and as high as 80%. http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/16/non-shared-environment-doesnt-just-mean-schools-and-peers/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/16/non-shared-environment-... I strongly believe that the fundamentals of our personality and human nature are hardcoded and we only really fill in the details when we grow up or put them into context of something else...