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Why I need a velociraptor

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Why I need a velociraptor
root@Why I need a velociraptor [hr] It's rare that I find an article on alternet that is written with journalistic neutrality, especially on a topic like evolutionary psychology in relation to gender. I got into an argument about evolutionary psychology being a crock of shit at one point, and ended up losing that argument. While I'm not going back to claiming the whole field is bunk, this article indicates some of the reasons why I felt that way. It isn't necessarily the studies being done, it's the utter lack of rigor in the conclusions. It is very bad form in the sciences to take your conclusions beyond what your data can actually show, and such things as the "common knowledge" that men are "better at math" is based on such pathetic data that it makes me wish I had a pet velociraptor to introduce these people to. Bad science will rue the day that I get my velociraptor. Rue it, I say.
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GreyBrother GreyBrother's picture
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I'm sorry... but you lost me at "wanting a velociraptor" and now i'm interested in a Neo-Velociraptor morph. Though, i will read the article, not out of politeness but because i learned some days ago that this seems to be well... quite a problem. Hard to imagine for me and i still don't get it but seeing that there are people with it... need moar data.
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Rhyx Rhyx's picture
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Girls in math and science? Next you people will be wanting lady doctors or something! That's what nurses are for! How are guys supposed to keep their hegemony if everyone's equal! What's that sound? Holy crap a velociraptor!
Decivre Decivre's picture
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It's fine, as when we have mastered genetic engineering, women can put on man-parts before they go to work... so they don't have to put up with all the bullcrap. Then, they can swap back to their original gender when they arrive home. Discrimination will be a harder affair when one's physical appearances are transient.
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Or have the science tele-operated. I wonder how many open source devs are gender less handles because it is the only way to "stand" the alpha male reactions. It is at times funny&sad to see how quickly the external genitals version of humanity reverts to animal when the other version walks into the room. And what is even more sad is how apt they seem at procreating. Tho i guess one article i read suggested that females change their male preferences during their fertile period, so i am unsure where to pass the blame on the last bit. Humanity, hypocrisy incarnate?
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A bit of a non sequitur: @root and GreyBrother: Nice to get back to the forums and see a new thread with (possibly) two references to discussions with me. Makes me egotrip a bit. And makes me remember why I love this place :D
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root@Why I need a velociraptor [hr] And you carry the rep to prove it. Yay for rep networks.
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Axel the Chimeric Axel the Chimeric's picture
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I, too, was lost at the "velociraptor" part. Given the attempts to reverse-engineer a "dinochicken", I can easily see a neo-avian morph being made into a raptor, or other dinosaurs being extrapolated from there by genegineers. Sweet silicon, we must have Jurassic Park in a Cole Bubble.
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root@Why I need a velociraptor [hr] I just want an attack velociraptor trained to publicly and viciously assault the use of very bad statistics and nearly absent evidence for pushing social agendas. If the reptile brain can see the lack of evidence, we haven't gained much with this whole mammalian "abstract thought" thing.
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