tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874352560063610686.post4259849499351477142..comments2013-06-04T19:13:34.905-07:00Comments on The Cul-De-Sac Hero: Define Rational MindCul-De-Sac Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038984377092889981noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874352560063610686.post-52854210815617595412013-03-12T20:21:18.719-07:002013-03-12T20:21:18.719-07:00Steve Moxon argues that "Everything goes back...Steve Moxon argues that "Everything goes back to the womb," meaning, we're slaves to our genes. Perhaps he is one of the rare genetic determinists that requires Razib Khan at Gene Expression to qualify his statement: More precisely, there are almost no “genetic determinists” as such who adhere to the proposition that genes determine in some physics-like manner the specific manifestation of human nature. Rather, genes matter, just as culture matters. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2013/03/an-anthropologist-explains-the-gene/ I intend to read more of Steve Moxon's writing just to try to determine how far down the determinist spectrum you have to be to deny your own free willCul-De-Sac Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038984377092889981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874352560063610686.post-13509739227311104792013-03-12T19:44:16.244-07:002013-03-12T19:44:16.244-07:00As it turns out, my long answer is over 3,000 word...<i>As it turns out, my long answer is over 3,000 words by now, and I am nowhere near any sort of affirmative argument; nothing so far but illustrations of <b>why determinist claims of all sorts cannot be true of human beings.</b> I may end up with a short book.</i><br /><br />Intrigued, to say the least. Do you mean that determinist claims and predictions are useless when applied to individuals? I could also imagine an argument that it is useless across a population over time. Once knowledge and opinions are disseminated, the individuals behave differently and population trends change. <br /><br />I feel as though I'm might be receiving a reading assignment in the future. I'm looking forward to reading it.Cul-De-Sac Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038984377092889981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874352560063610686.post-74982063206761215862013-03-12T18:02:26.724-07:002013-03-12T18:02:26.724-07:00This much, for now. There will be more, but not to...This much, for now. There will be more, but not today. ;)<br /><br />http://selfadoration.com/celebrating-everything-humanity-is-starting-and-ending-with-the-indomitable-human-mind/4431Greg Swannhttp://selfadoration.com/when-someone-insists-that-human-behavior-must-be-determined-by-something-anything-other-than-free-will/4412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874352560063610686.post-42694775706876095452013-03-11T20:06:34.519-07:002013-03-11T20:06:34.519-07:00Obviously human beings are everything professional...Obviously human beings are everything professional rent-seekers say they are not. Human beings who understand the nature of their own minds are indomitable -- impossible to exploit.<br /><br />I'll take this up at my place and link back. My short answer for now is that the terminology is so loose as to be useless.Greg Swannhttp://selfadoration.com/noreply@blogger.com