A Conversation with E.O. Wilson (1929–2021). "I think I may have been the only scientist in modern times to be physically attacked for an idea. The idea of a biological human nature was abhorrent to the demonstrators and was, in fact, too radical at the time for...many on the far-Left."

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[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I remember when GC was still on reddit and we were having an argument about whether the difference sexes have different instincts and one women replied, "how backwards it is you think human instincts exist. Everyone knows humans having natural instincts has been completely disproved. I learnt this in my sociology degree in the 1990s and it was old then." So I told her it was exactly people like her, who regurgitate their biased sociology teacher without question, who have got us in this mess.

[–]soundsituation 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Fortunately the hardline blank slateists seem not to have migrated over here.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are everywhere. Left and right.

Some people have a control freak problem and that then controls their beliefs and actions. The idea they might not be able to control something even small about their life, they can't face it.