Fair enough. I read implicit justification for what David linked to in your post. If that was my misread, I apologise. I think seeking solutions to the bigger problem at this stage is a fool's game, … (View Post)

Meh. You're apologising for genocide. There may not be a solution. There may not be a resolution. That doesn't make mass starvation okay. (View Post)

Interesting side - note. Henrich makes much of your point about the supply of old people and how important prestige is within a culture. To paraphrase: you do what old or prestigious people do even i… (View Post)

Agreed on both your posts. I phrased my first poorly - it should have read "our collective social and cultural intelligence is at least as important a causal factor as genetic mutations in our e… (View Post)

Agreed, but he pushes the argument further - with some frankly fascinating anecdotes as well as references to lots of studies - to claim that culture and genes co-influence one another (rather than j… (View Post)