Bits and pieces
Back in the chimps post, eub and green_knight are having a conversation about intelligent behaviour in different animals, how we judge what is intelligent, and so forth. I don't have much useful to contribute to that, apart from agreeing that it requires observation of wild behaviours, and careful, non-judgmental observers. And I expect we still have a lot to learn. And I'm assuming great apes are probably capable of more on-the-path-to-human behaviour and mental states than is generally thought, but I'll discuss that explicitly when I write about human evolution.
Otherwise, while there's been some interesting discussion in the hightail "thread", it's not generally relevant to my aim here, as it's overall more focussed on social issues in observed differences in achievement, and complaining about, as micheinnz puts it, Men Who Explain Things. I think it's a significant theme in the overarching issue, but one I can only address later, as speculation, from a genetics/evolution perspective. But since it's now on subject, I have to snark some more about DF complete Fail on pregnancy, noting that googling reveals that Lee Silver's book, his reference, is Yet Another Politically-Incorrect-and-Proud-of-It Book by Educated Upper Class White Male. I'm not sure DF reads any other kind.
It's time to get back to the genetics. I'm trying to figure out where it's best to go next. I know some of the things I want to write about:
Development of male and female brains (in humans)
Why I'm not a fan of the normal distribution
Some basics about evolution
Something about what the genes for science ability could possibly be
Something about human evolution
Something about sexual selection
Something about the possibility of sexual selection in humans
There's more to go after that. Wow/argle.
Otherwise, while there's been some interesting discussion in the hightail "thread", it's not generally relevant to my aim here, as it's overall more focussed on social issues in observed differences in achievement, and complaining about, as micheinnz puts it, Men Who Explain Things. I think it's a significant theme in the overarching issue, but one I can only address later, as speculation, from a genetics/evolution perspective. But since it's now on subject, I have to snark some more about DF complete Fail on pregnancy, noting that googling reveals that Lee Silver's book, his reference, is Yet Another Politically-Incorrect-and-Proud-of-It Book by Educated Upper Class White Male. I'm not sure DF reads any other kind.
It's time to get back to the genetics. I'm trying to figure out where it's best to go next. I know some of the things I want to write about:
Development of male and female brains (in humans)
Why I'm not a fan of the normal distribution
Some basics about evolution
Something about what the genes for science ability could possibly be
Something about human evolution
Something about sexual selection
Something about the possibility of sexual selection in humans
There's more to go after that. Wow/argle.