Re: Ping Kevin Aylward - re your "scientific paper"

From: Genome (genome_at_nothere.net)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:02:36 GMT

"Guy Macon" <http://www.guymacon.com> wrote in message
news:10kolc76vu0mg6c@news.supernews.com...
>
> Genome <genome@nothere.net> says...
>
> >> "One of the principle understandings with the theory gained is the
> >> explanations of why the behavior of men and women are fundamentally
> >> different. Why have codes of conduct developed that are decidedly
> >> asymmetrical? How has culture evolved and why dose much of it appear
> >> to have with no apparent biological evolutionary advantage?"
> >
> >One of the principle results of the theory presented is the
> >explanation of why the behavior of men and women are fundamentally
> >different. Why have codes of conduct developed that are decidedly
> >asymmetrical? How has culture evolved and why does much of it appear
> >to have with no apparent biological evolutionary advantage?
>
> "This theory examines the fundamental differences between men
> and women. Why do we seem to have asymmetrical codes of conduct?
> Why do we behave in ways which appear to have no evolutionary
> advantage?"
>
> (This is still flawed; it jumps from talking about gender differences
> to talking about culture and evolution in mid-stream. Alas, I cannot
> compose a paragraph that corrects this flaw without a better
> understanding of what the author is trying to convey.)
>

What's flawed about gender differences versus culture?

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