Larks comments on A Marriage Ceremony for Aspiring Rationalists - Less Wrong

38 Post author: lukeprog 23 July 2012 07:33PM

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Comment author: shminux 24 July 2012 03:13:58AM 4 points [-]

Only assuming that rationalism is inheritable, which is not at all obvious.

Comment author: Larks 24 July 2012 07:58:48PM 7 points [-]

It may not be genetic but it's clearly hereditary.

Comment author: shminux 24 July 2012 08:09:16PM 0 points [-]

"Clearly"? I wonder if there are any studies to this effect.

Comment author: timtyler 26 July 2012 12:12:42AM * 0 points [-]

It isn't a case of studies - it's a social contagion - and is thus pretty obviously inherited by non-DNA-based mechanisms.

Comment author: shminux 26 July 2012 01:28:53AM 0 points [-]

In the same sense as religion is inherited?

Comment author: timtyler 26 July 2012 10:03:14AM * 0 points [-]

Yes - e.g. see the dictionary - where it talks about the inheritance of property and the right to rule.

Regarding the term "heredity", don't pay attention to this dictionary page, though. Look at this page instead.