Can you elaborate?
It's a curious situation that blank-slate ideology is becoming more de rigueur in certain circles at exactly the point in history when the most interesting discoveries in the other direction are being made. I believe it's a coincidence, but maybe not.
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I just enjoyed this mini-thread by
@JCSkewesDK on how theory affects observation, arguing against what I think@paulg means by "blank-slate ideology" scroll DOWN:https://twitter.com/jcskewesdk/status/1087630135136788480?s=21 …
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In order for some to imagine a brighter future, they feel that people must demonstrate distance-from or even rejection-of nature. Conversely, others think that nature (for want of a better word) cannot be denied and can be integrated with a similarly bright future for humanity.
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You might like this story: https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/precocious-puberty-patrick-burleigh.html …
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Most evidence these days points to around 50% genes 50% environment. The lessons people take from this seem to depend very much on the nature (or perhaps nuture) of the individual.
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But the non-genetic 50% is mostly *random* stuff, not "society" or "parents".
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Perhaps, as evidence grows that a theory is wrong, professing that theory *increases* in value as it acquires the function of loyalty signaling. (Professing something which is objectively right does not signal loyalty; it’s cheap) (adapting from “The Elephant in the Brain”)
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Is it though? The idea originated in religion, which is readily disregarded by the science-based education system that trained us. The same system is generating contrary evidence now but it is not efficient at spreading that knowledge much beyond the investigators.
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Possibly (and ironically) an evolutionary psychological adaptations towards "self" preservation.
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