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> there is no nature, there is only nurture; and don't dare to ask questions

The entire post-modern left worldview is deeply rooted in the blank-state hypothesis. Very few people - across all political and academic spectra - have the scientific discipline to react rationally to criticism of the scaffolding supporting the lens through which they view the world.

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Would you have any reading you could suggest on this? A lot of my thinking is informed by postmodernism (mostly from that essay by Larry Wall, the original author of Perl), but I realize it's such a broad term that there may be a lot of other ideas (especially ones I disagree with, like the blank-state hypothesis) tucked in there as well.

I'm sorry, I wouldn't be able to provide any specific reading on this. My comment above was rooted in two things. Firstly, my own observations from several years immersed in the massive internet culture war between left and right that seems to define and frame the politics of our time. Secondly, my understanding of postmodern thought which I have gained through university tuition. As such, my thoughts on these topics tend to be based in intuition not rigor, which is perhaps ironic (or even hypocritical) given that it is postmodernism which I am criticizing, but I feel that my point stands nonetheless.

Haha fair enough. Well I am always open to more perspectives on it - even intuitive ones - so thanks for that.

This is pseudo-academic posturing nonsense. The issue people take is attributing value to the differences between sexes, not the biological differences in themselves.

You aren't looking hard enough if you don't believe people will flat out deny that biological differences exist between male and female cognition and neurobiology.

Sure, you can also find people who believe the Earth is flat... but the point is that they're not the majority.

Not many people would argue that testosterone causes men to have increased muscle mass, for example. But they might take issue if you make the claim that men are physically superior (because that concept is much more complex and it's weird to declare superiority without more specific constraints — It's akin to saying America is the best country).

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