aforrester

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   by aforrester 13y ago

   You have admitted you don't understand Szasz's position, presumably you should be interested in finding out more, see: http://fallibleliving.com/thinkers/szasz and the reading list at the bottom.
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   by aforrester 13y ago

   I have pointed out that there can be correlations between genes and behaviour that are not caused by genes but by culture. Your link is irrelevant.
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   by aforrester 13y ago

   Kendell point (1). Szasz's position is not that diseases must be diagnosed by looking for chemical or structural abnormalities. Rather, such abnormalities are a criterion for having the disease. It may not be possible to find those abn
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   by aforrester 13y ago

   How do twin studies rule out "environmental" that is, non-genetic, causes. Twins look alike, so if there are ideas about how people who look alike ought to act alike we would be expect a correlation between genes and behaviour tha
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   by aforrester 14y ago

   It's more irrational for somebody who is consistently unhappy to commit suicide than for somebody who is consistently okay to commit suicide?