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Hi Xenophanes. I would like to remind you of my theory, which stems from the fact that boys and girls are born with slightly different brains (due to genetics)
by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Hi Xenophanes.
I would like to remind you of my theory, which stems from the fact that boys and girls are born with slightly different brains (due to genetics).
You will say that that doesn't matter: brains are universal computers. Well, yes. However they are also a key part of the environment of the developing mind. Our environments influence what choices we make (by controlling the options and their relative costs, not by making the choices).
For example, if I am born near the sea then I am more likely to learn to swim before my cousin, who lives far from the sea. He lives in the mountains, and thus he is more likely to learn to climb first.
In the same way, boys and girls may have different susceptibilities to various memes, because their brain environments have differentially influenced their choices.
Under this model, average male and female behaviour will eventually converge. How? Because, assuming one progresses and lives long enough, parochial theories are replaced by universal ones. And one's biological sex and the memes I referred to are parochial factors.