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Society is Fixed, Biology is Mutable (2014) (slatestarcodex.com)

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[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I still feel that the distinction is not so clear.

Why is "banning lead" seen as a biological "change", but "banning soda" is tagged as a "social effort"?

I re-read it and I get a feeling that what it's talking about is not so much "biological" vs "social" but rather.. "physiological" vs "psychological", and arguing that psychology can be a lot more complex to deal with than physiology. Which I guess is fair.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Makes sense. Author is a psychologist.