tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29783395.post6685562624920974282..comments2023-10-21T02:43:05.419+11:00Comments on Ariane's little world: Hard or soft wired?Arianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977679825245376111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29783395.post-13837232613348985292010-10-18T14:19:20.785+11:002010-10-18T14:19:20.785+11:00Thanks, tigtog. I cannot understand how anyone can...Thanks, tigtog. I cannot understand how anyone can think they can have the answer when the situation is so clearly inextricably intertwined. You can pretty much adopt any model you like and explain what we see in whatever sample of the population you like to take.<br /><br />And it excuses so much bad behaviour! It's all I can do not to throttle people who use the phrase "oh well, he's a boy, after all". And I hear it so often. Arrgggggg!Arianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977679825245376111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29783395.post-55205160701040181762010-10-18T11:56:36.923+11:002010-10-18T11:56:36.923+11:00Excellent post, Ariane. Particularly in view of e...Excellent post, Ariane. Particularly in view of enormously ignorant statements such as Elizabeth Farrelly's idea that identical twins sharing certain preferences for colours, hobbies or possessions somehow proves that gender is so too hardwired, so take that Cordelia Fine! Hm.<br /><br />I'm not at all surprised that some neurological traits are inheritable and appear to "hardwire" humans towards certain areas of interest/preference compared to others. I am yet to see any evidence at all that these inheritable traits are especially and/or overwhelmingly tied to an individuals x/y chromosomal status versus all the other genetic combinations we have rolling around in the other 22 chromosomes.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.com