I think this is the most compelling argument so far.
It reminds me of the Sibfox “experiment”: Russian scientists were domesticating foxes (in order to make getting their fur easier- “Let’s turn them into pets, so they will trust us, so we can kill them easier!” ugh...But anyways) In the process of selecting for domesticity/trust, etc, they ended up with foxes that were dog-like: They barked, had floppy ears, and mottled fur. The fur mottling was lucky for them, since it meant that they couldn’t fulfill their original purpose, and instead are being used as pets.
I can definitely see that humans would similarly have trade-offs rather than independent dimensions as well. And I can also see that those independent dimensions are not necesarily “good” or “bad” themselves. However, I do think that people will be more likely to choose to be located somewhere in that dimension-space that isn’t currently inhabited by the gender of their chromosomes. (aka women in positions of authority might choose to have more testosterone, and no one would think that is “weird” or “unfeminine”)
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I think this is the most compelling argument so far.
It reminds me of the Sibfox “experiment”: Russian scientists were domesticating foxes (in order to make getting their fur easier- “Let’s turn them into pets, so they will trust us, so we can kill them easier!” ugh...But anyways) In the process of selecting for domesticity/trust, etc, they ended up with foxes that were dog-like: They barked, had floppy ears, and mottled fur. The fur mottling was lucky for them, since it meant that they couldn’t fulfill their original purpose, and instead are being used as pets.
I can definitely see that humans would similarly have trade-offs rather than independent dimensions as well. And I can also see that those independent dimensions are not necesarily “good” or “bad” themselves. However, I do think that people will be more likely to choose to be located somewhere in that dimension-space that isn’t currently inhabited by the gender of their chromosomes. (aka women in positions of authority might choose to have more testosterone, and no one would think that is “weird” or “unfeminine”)