Stuart_Armstrong comments on Genetic "Nature" is cultural too - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 18 March 2016 02:33PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 18 March 2016 09:53:56PM 0 points [-]

But what exactly is the problem?

Well, not exactly a problem per se, but it transforms an area with a clear though simplified narrative, into a minefield of special cases.

Comment author: Lumifer 21 March 2016 02:43:08PM 1 point [-]

it transforms an area with a clear though simplified narrative, into a minefield of special cases.

If the "clear though simplified narrative" is wrong, that's a good thing :-)

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 22 March 2016 11:00:04AM 0 points [-]

It's a good thing to know, but it's not a good thing :-)