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by xlnt 18y ago
for one simple example, it could be facial appearance. say that all parents in our culture react in different ways to different facial appearances. then the gene that is causing heritable executive function could actually be for the face
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by xlnt 18y ago
heritable does not imply genetic! it could just as well be due to parenting. (i realize it's a twin study, just replying to the title) and genetic does not imply the relevant genes being inherited have anything to do with executive function
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by xlnt 18y ago
I'm just wondering what he'd say. It's a very poor rationalization if he can't even answer that basic question.
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by xlnt 18y ago
hahaha uber fail. (posting this b/c your comment doesn't make it clear that google wins that search)
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by xlnt 18y ago
Which "value" is he referring to? It seems more like they charge this much because consumers lack better options than to put up with it.
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by xlnt 18y ago
according to my friends in the UK, the internet options available for their home are bad/unreliable.
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by xlnt 18y ago
why do you think i'm here?
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by xlnt 18y ago
it'd look like yc. now upvote me plz.
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by xlnt 18y ago
he probably watches 12 hours a day of torrents PS this is not hacker news
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by xlnt 18y ago
Seems more like bad thinking than bad clothing.
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by xlnt 18y ago
what is the contradiction you are saying that my position contains?
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by xlnt 18y ago
i don't see how you can call my position contradictory just b/c you disagree that morality is objective. that's not an internal contradiction -- i consistently consider it objective.
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by xlnt 18y ago
it's not meaningless b/c i'm talking about studies published in serious journals, of which they are a limited number, all of which are supposed to have quality standards, peer review, etc but there are endemic problems, including for exampl
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by xlnt 18y ago
Did you delete text from your post, or is it all visible now?
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by xlnt 18y ago
don't back down or apologize because some jerk yelled at you "for being a jerk". :( you made good points, which does not constitute being a jerk. he made invalid points about how the guy has a reputation and history that don't address wheth
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by xlnt 18y ago
if you think carefully about all the possible objections, then in certain fields, like social "sciences", most studies are no good. some people do this with integrity and some don't. only the ones who don't actually publish in those field
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by xlnt 18y ago
how about a regex maintainer . it's no problem to write one in the first place.
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by xlnt 18y ago
There is shared understanding of what 'morality' means. There is also disagreement. The same can be said of a wide variety of other words, such as 'christianity', 'freedom', or 'liberal'. None of these words are meaningless or useless in co
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by xlnt 18y ago
just because people don't agree on what moral knowledge is true does not make the term meaningless. you go on to discuss what some existing opinions on the matter are, with no particular regard for which are true, just how common they are;
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by xlnt 18y ago
if morality is a tool to use to live better (i agree), then people who don't use it , or use little of it, are immoral, and ought to change.
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by xlnt 18y ago
i certainly didn't define morality by contributions to humanity. as you can see in the other comments, i specifically denied that one owes anything to humanity. rather, i said morality is about having and using knowledge of how to live well
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by xlnt 18y ago
I don't think he owes anything to society. I think he should do what's best for himself. If that's pokemon, so be it, but he'd be better off, and live a better life, if he cared more about thinking and learning and doing great things. Good
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by xlnt 18y ago
The moral question is: how should I live? But anyway, use whatever words you want, I've told you what I meant: living better, more fruitful lives with more learning and thinking. And people who could do that, but don't , are guilty of li
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by xlnt 18y ago
I'm serious. You, apparently, aren't. You're just calling me a troll. I think on PG's scale that is DH0 - Name Calling. http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
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by xlnt 18y ago
Yes, I know what they are responding to. I also noticed that they, and you, failed to comment on whether what I said is true . They could do better, but don't, that's practically the definition of immoral. They value the wrong things, agai
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by xlnt 18y ago
this article sure spends a lot of words discussing physical appearance, clothing, food, and weather. i wish i lived in a world where people focussed on more interesting things.
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by xlnt 18y ago
right. they prefer pokemon or football or something that doesn't require much thought or learning. since they are smart enough to do better, they are guilty of having immoral values. they ought to find better things fun, but instead are w
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by xlnt 18y ago
yes apple would dare. and they could double those prices in the article. then most individual viewers won't rent it, but groups of 2+ people would still see it as a reasonable price.
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by xlnt 18y ago
but not by Apple
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by xlnt 18y ago
ok guys it's not that amazing. stop upvoting this and write a better comment please. edit: they keep upvoting it. i feel like gail wynand.

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