alecrene comments on The Psychological Diversity of Mankind - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 17 May 2010 12:20:57AM *  0 points [-]

But this doesn't map to an "us vs. them" heuristic; it maps to an "X implies Y vs. X implies ~Y". The fact that the differing beliefs about what X implies leads to a universal dislike of the "other" does not deny the neurodiversity in the former heuristic.

Comment author: alecrene 17 May 2010 10:50:55AM *  1 point [-]

Yes but the term "psychological unity" is about hardware. Neurodiversity in terms of magazine selection does not necessarily have a genetic link even though it will show that we are neurodiverse. Difference in magazine selection can lead to a difference in what one believes X implies.