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> must be Why do you think this?
by tomlockwood 3y ago
> must be
Why do you think this?
- Georgelemental 3y agoI suspect the sarcasm went over your head.
- ggm 3y agoIt's an analogue of rational market theory: no asocial choice can be rationalised as a good long-term plan so there must be externalities which are causative. I don't believe in rational market players with full knowledge and equal information any more than I believe all violent men had externalities which were causative. But I do believe poverty and epigenetic influences can exist.
- artificialLimbs 3y agoMajority of criminals are from abusive or fatherless homes. That's the externality.
- olalonde 3y agoI believe it was sarcasm. There's a surprisingly prevalent, but misguided, school of thought which asserts that disparities in outcomes across gender or racial lines imply sexism or racism. This concept is closely associated with the "tabula rasa" or "blank slate" theory[0]. Thomas Sowell wrote an entire book that debunks this idea ("Discrimination and Disparities"). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_rasa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_rasa