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   by achrono 4y ago

   Sales pitches are needed -- everywhere. The level of pride in being American that Democrats have by and large is still a kind of nationalism, albeit surely a more nuanced and conscientious one than the ones Republicans have (again by and
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   by achrono 4y ago

   A downvote, really? Anyway: No, that is not like implementing a complicated algorithm in BASIC. There is a difference between something written using complicated words (organic chemistry textbook) and something written using ambiguous (
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   by achrono 4y ago

   My challenge to the author would be to rewrite whatever this is called (note? essay? authentic engagement with the movement of words?) with English words that are no longer than 5 letters. Then we shall know the truth.
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   by achrono 4y ago

   While the CCE studies are undoubtedly exciting and represent (to me anyway) the new paradigm for anthropology, it will be even more exciting to look at evidence for/against the evolutionary inevitability of intelligence and culture. Th
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   by achrono 4y ago

   Is vs ought. It /might/ be a biologically rooted tendency (and there is evidence suggesting this is the case) but that does not imply that is how we should be. After all, humans also have the opposite tendency, i.e. to love what i