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> The only times we don't quantify things is when we cannot. Just because something has increased recently doesn’t mean there is an inbuilt human tendency for
by zepto 5y ago
> The only times we don't quantify things is when we cannot.
Just because something has increased recently doesn’t mean there is an inbuilt human tendency for it.
For example the wearing of lounge suits for business is a modern development.
I don’t think you are going to claim that means there was a ‘human tendency’ for lounge suits all along.
- xboxnolifes 5y ago> Just because something has increased recently doesn’t mean there is an inbuilt human tendency for it. Sure, but that wasn't my point. I was just showing the flaw in logic of the two quotes given. My original claim was not that we definitely quantify when we can, but that the reasonings given do not support your claim.
- zepto 5y agoSure but the reasonings don’t support the opposing claim, and that’s all that matters for this purpose. I don’t need to prove that we don’t have a built in tendency, only, that there is no proof that we do.
- Talanes 5y agoIt's a matter of framing. We have different standards for what the null hypothesis should be. My perspective is to assume human behavior as a relatively broad constant until proven otherwise.