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different advice is appropriate in different situations, believe it or not

• Dylan16807 5mo ago
  Believe it or not, that's a useless fact when there's no obvious specific difference between the situations to make it relevant.
  • machomaster 5mo ago
    If you don't see a clear difference between the hard sciences of biology/chemistry/medicine and the opinionated "science" of parenting (prescriptive, no less), then you should check your eyes.
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    • Dylan16807 5mo ago
      I see your point about different qualities of science, but the wording of "highly tuned parental instincts" is still bad. The instincts are the same in both situations, and they're highly flawed. Science should override instincts in lots of situations. And if you ask basically any kind of science "how do I best accomplish x?", that science will have a "presciptive" answer, so I don't see how parenting science is any more prescriptive then chemistry.