Kaj_Sotala comments on The Psychological Diversity of Mankind - Less Wrong

79 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 09 May 2010 05:53AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 09 May 2010 09:13:08AM 3 points [-]

Indeed. The "psychic unity of mankind" is probably true to some degree on the level of different cultures, but far less so on the level of individuals. (I mean, we even have people who've had half their brain removed and are seemingly of normal intelligence, and that's not even going to the weird neuroscience cases.)