Seems strange to question intent rather than the claim itself.
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Is it not important to understand each other well? (Especially when trying to have intelligible discussion on twitter).
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @seanrife and
No such thing as statement itself, and JP (linguist and communication researcher) knows. This is/was my common ground with him.
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @o_guest and
Fine, but in all this we've become derailed. What is your empirical argument against JP's statement? Is there one or is it ethical?
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Replying to @seanrife @IrisVanRooij and
I interpret his statement (in contxt) to mean there is no evidence that essentialism is not true. But then who has the burden of proof?
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Replying to @JCSkewesDK @seanrife and
Again, ethically AND scientifically
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Replying to @JCSkewesDK @seanrife and
Arguing that differences between people have biological basis ends with implying different cultures must have biological basis.
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Replying to @o_guest @JCSkewesDK and
But saying that differences like eg customs are biologically based is a pretty useless explanation.
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Replying to @o_guest @JCSkewesDK and
Great point. Like we tend to use decimal numbers because of the morphogenesis of fingers. Spectacularly meaningless.
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Replying to @morungos @JCSkewesDK and
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not here. But many cultures use(d) a system with base 12, does that mean they have 12 fingers?
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Or is it that some stories are just-so stories and biological explanations are merely one way of looking at,e.g., why we use base 10.
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