tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2535623678181997036..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Does natural selection explain human intelligence, language, consciousness, morality?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59518998824691739362013-02-08T14:29:48.496+00:002013-02-08T14:29:48.496+00:00@V - Yes - the aspect of this which I am trying to...@V - Yes - the aspect of this which I am trying to emphasize here is the extent to which Leftist politics dominates science.<br /><br />These people (I mean almost all the leaders of science, as well as the intellectual punditry) have long-since given-up on trying to make sense, or trying to be coherent - anything and everything necessarily* gets thrown under the bus in order to preserve Leftism.<br /><br />I guess the resulting coginitive dissonace is one major reason for their ANGER at and HATRED of those who are somewhat more consistent and coherent.<br /><br />(Not forgetting that most of them are also dumb and uninformed and have not ever thought-about anything for more than three minutes consecutively - but leave that aside for a moment!) <br /><br />But then, I guess we already knew that...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-19392293793065262922013-02-08T13:43:35.124+00:002013-02-08T13:43:35.124+00:00JP nailed it. The Left uses evolution (from the ne...JP nailed it. The Left uses evolution (from the neck down) to explain human nature without divine intervention (the horror!!). <br /><br />It denies evolution from the neck up because these would imply that human beings are not equal, which is a tenet of liberalism.<br /><br />This explains the opposition of the Left towards evolutionary psychologyChenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058151766672325216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-51151513719421382572013-02-07T22:49:41.505+00:002013-02-07T22:49:41.505+00:00Agreed.
I think this shows how high the priority ...Agreed.<br /><br />I think this shows how high the priority of the racial issue is for political correctness.Daybreakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59634579288908099342013-02-07T19:10:10.310+00:002013-02-07T19:10:10.310+00:00@JP. Yes, I think so. Plus that if it is acknowle...@JP. Yes, I think so. Plus that if it is acknowledged that higher human faculties can change with environment, then humans are not equal either in time or in space - this undercuts leftism, and explodes the social sciences including economics. Just too much trouble all round!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-2169849057385223582013-02-07T18:15:28.783+00:002013-02-07T18:15:28.783+00:00A good deal of the disonesty emerges from the unco...A good deal of the disonesty emerges from the uncomfortable fact that if intelligence evolved (and is still evolving) then the disparity in performance between various groups could not be explained as the product of racism or poverty, and thus would not be amenable to the typical Leftist "solutions" of the application of more propaganda and more money.JPnoreply@blogger.com