thomblake comments on Let them eat cake: Interpersonal Problems vs Tasks - Less Wrong

70 Post author: HughRistik 07 October 2009 04:35PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 09 October 2009 06:49:28AM *  1 point [-]

This:

There is a significant search effort for both sexes in finding a quality compatible partner that reciprocates their feelings.

doesn't prove this:

if you consider quality monogamous relationships the situation is much more symmetrical

which is false. Alpha men have are just as disproportionally desired as relationship partners, as they're as sex partners. Gotta ask where'd you get your conclusion anyway? What are your citations?

Comment author: thomblake 09 October 2009 12:38:52PM 3 points [-]

What are your citations

It's kindof late in the discussion to ask people to get out of their armchairs. A good deal of the disagreement here has been people disagreeing about the bare facts.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 October 2009 05:30:53PM *  1 point [-]

Really? I haven't seen too much disagreement about bare facts. I have seen more disagreement regarding the way things should be, the applicability of certain analogies, the validity of lines of reasoning and the relevance of refutations. Bare facts about the external world barely played a part in the disagreement.