tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post7068813762013486431..comments2023-05-25T13:17:24.082+00:00Comments on Language, Life and Logic: Ideology and scienceMark Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-43584131209725174412013-11-05T15:29:37.466+00:002013-11-05T15:29:37.466+00:00Thanks for your kind words.
I am an artist by com...Thanks for your kind words. <br />I am an artist by complicated reasons. By nature, I am more a science or philosophy type of person. Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-71242792541142044742013-11-04T11:27:47.734+00:002013-11-04T11:27:47.734+00:00I appreciate your interest Yun Yi. It would seem t...I appreciate your interest Yun Yi. It would seem that our views on the relative significance of genetic and environmental factors are quite close.<br /><br />Also you have a healthy respect for and interest in science (which is often lacking in Western-educated artists, I've noticed).Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-63466488912748500062013-11-03T14:44:01.222+00:002013-11-03T14:44:01.222+00:00Glad I found this blog of yours. Very fascinating ...Glad I found this blog of yours. Very fascinating topic. <br /><br />I do not have any formal academic training about anthropology and related fields, but I always learn as much as I could during my spare time. When I read a biology intro book about the genotype and pheonotpye, I thought it explained all "secret" about the difference of our personalities, or human nature. I wrote this two year ago in my blog (with my "primitive" English):"(human beings') life existences is a mixture of two simple elements: our born nature and our life experience." So I believe that the properties of our genotypes are all born different, and in response to different environments, we became all different individual. But further more, I also tend to believe genotype is more powerful, in terms of shaping our individual personality, considering our living environments are more established. I tend to believe that the impact of our genotypes to our individuality is more direct than of environmental. I found that the differences between individuals usually are decided more by genotypes, the differences between cultural groups seems to be more depend on environments. Of course, this is a purely personal current perception which I do not hold absolutely.<br /><br />I do believe in cultural/ideological influence upon individuals, more or less, scientists are no exception. But I believe the less an individual is influenced by his/her cultures, or environments, the stronger and more creative this individual is. If Copernicus and Newton were philosophers, their works might be worthless.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-87230061582141380802013-08-30T09:55:43.268+00:002013-08-30T09:55:43.268+00:00The Wikipedia article seems to cover most of the i...The Wikipedia article seems to cover most of the issues. Even deals briefly with the Lawrence Summers controversy, I see. (And the Nyborg case.)<br /><br />There's no question in my mind that there are statistically significant differences between human males and females in terms of intelligence. There is general scientific agreement, I think, on the comparative variability issue. The issue of the relative respective strengths of males and females in particular areas (e.g. females in verbal ability, males in mathematical ability) may be more contested but seems well supported to me.<br /><br />Though the extent to which the differences are innate remains a matter of contention, I think it's pretty clear that biological factors are playing a significant role.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-37034694737568326212013-08-30T01:07:41.565+00:002013-08-30T01:07:41.565+00:00Wikipedia is pretty useful, I think.
http://en.wi...Wikipedia is pretty useful, I think.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_human_psychology<br /><br />As a teacher of hordes of university students, I could never discern any generalised gender differences. Marking scores were indistinguishable.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.com