I’m still unsure why I’m vehemently being downvoted for taking up this position. Perhaps it’s because people confuse it for men’s rights extremist thoughts? Why is the possibility being completely disregarded here that it’s only memes and a small set of genetic predispositions (such as reward from helping others via empathy and strong empathy for small humans) that jumpstart decent behavior? I think I’ve read somewhere that kittens learn how to groom by watching other cats. If other mammals can’t fully encode basic needs such as hygiene genetically, how can complex human behaviors? An important implication from this would be that culture carries much more value than we would otherwise attribute to it.
I’m still unsure why I’m vehemently being downvoted for taking up this position. Perhaps it’s because people confuse it for men’s rights extremist thoughts? Why is the possibility being completely disregarded here that it’s only memes and a small set of genetic predispositions (such as reward from helping others via empathy and strong empathy for small humans) that jumpstart decent behavior? I think I’ve read somewhere that kittens learn how to groom by watching other cats. If other mammals can’t fully encode basic needs such as hygiene genetically, how can complex human behaviors? An important implication from this would be that culture carries much more value than we would otherwise attribute to it.