@drethelin say more?
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing "people who want x should be able to get it" is a thing I strongly agree with, "society should provide x" less often so.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin what if it's a thing you can't provide for yourself? "society" is not what provides ritual, small groups do, "society" blocks it1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing it's a different problem society blocks it as an unhappy accident vs blocks it because ritual-lovers are now neuro-atypical1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin do you think the latter is likely to be true? if so isn't this the opposite of the dalton claim you just made?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@drethelin (i.e. how could genotype change that fast?)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing eg Lactose Tolerance isn't common because genotypes changed, but because the lactosers got PAID1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin this only makes sense if you're talking about a relatively far future I think, not enough time for a genetic sweep yet1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence#Global_spread … looks like writing is less than half to a third as old2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@sarahdoingthing plus the selective advantages to a literary consciousness are way less obvious than to digesting more foods1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@drethelin literary consciousness is one thing, "scholastic-industrial consciousness" is much newer. writing likely HAS had selective effect
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