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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon
Look, I agree that social environment shapes human behavior. Environment in general also shapes how phenotype manifests out of genotype. None of that undercuts the idea of a social heirarchy in human societies. The "social environment" in general is just a manifestation of biological imperatives to structure human societies in a certain way that are primed for fitness in their given environment/context.
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I think that the last point could be fleshed out but otherwise I agree.
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Focusing on why we shouldn't compare lobsters to humans is missing the forest for the trees.
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Man if he just said his point instead of wasting 7 minutes talking about how incredibly amazing he thinks it is and how super awesome and smart and wow! his sources are, I might be more open to his ideas. Whenever I watch him it feels like I'm watching a filibuster. Must just be that Canadians suck or something.