Comments on: Scientists Found the Commitment Gene http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:48:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Terry http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-906366 Terry Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:33:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-906366 @EP, This is a place for comments, not necessarily debate. Personally, I understand that everyone has preferences on how they want to view the world. I've read a lot of your comments on many neatorama articles and I couldn't think of anything more pointless than debating you. It would be like pulling the string on the back of a dolls head, it can only say what it is programmed to say. I certainly don't agree with but I also couldn't care less what you think. PS. Rational knowledge does not produce an objective accounts of reality. Cheers EP Terry @EP,
This is a place for comments, not necessarily debate. Personally, I understand that everyone has preferences on how they want to view the world. I've read a lot of your comments on many neatorama articles and I couldn't think of anything more pointless than debating you. It would be like pulling the string on the back of a dolls head, it can only say what it is programmed to say. I certainly don't agree with but I also couldn't care less what you think.

PS. Rational knowledge does not produce an objective accounts of reality.

Cheers EP
Terry

]]> By: Evil Pundit http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-902711 Evil Pundit Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:03:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-902711 @Jean: That's the most pointless attempt to shut down debate I've ever seen here. @Jean: That's the most pointless attempt to shut down debate I've ever seen here.

]]> By: Jean Montambeault http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-901053 Jean Montambeault Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:03:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-901053 I stand corrected... I've been lazy on that one. What to blame ? Nature : I have the lazy gene. Nurture : I guess that I just wanted to give a chance to my sex too much. ;) Thanks Jean I stand corrected... I've been lazy on that one. What to blame ? Nature : I have the lazy gene. Nurture : I guess that I just wanted to give a chance to my sex too much. ;)

Thanks

Jean

]]> By: Sweet Violet http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-900784 Sweet Violet Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:46:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-900784 Jean, both studies referenced here studied male behaviour. The original blog entry is here http://sweetvioletsa.blogspot.com/2008/09/invisible-genetic-programming.html Jean, both studies referenced here studied male behaviour. The original blog entry is here http://sweetvioletsa.blogspot.com/2008/09/invisible-genetic-programmin g.html

]]> By: Jean Montambeault http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-900259 Jean Montambeault Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:04:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-900259 One remark : no where is it said that the gene was male. For humans, in still the majority of cases at least, it takes the pair of sexes for infidelity. Your flooding Neatorama, E.P., reveals a total lack of consideration for your hosts. Can't you summarize your conditioned responses in a single post? One remark : no where is it said that the gene was male. For humans, in still the majority of cases at least, it takes the pair of sexes for infidelity.

Your flooding Neatorama, E.P., reveals a total lack of consideration for your hosts. Can't you summarize your conditioned responses in a single post?

]]> By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-897019 Neatoramawontsendmeapassword Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:56:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-897019 I hope they'll come up with a test for this. Then you can find out if you're going to eventually get cheated on BEFORE you get too involved with the guy! I hope they'll come up with a test for this. Then you can find out if you're going to eventually get cheated on BEFORE you get too involved with the guy!

]]> By: Evil Pundit http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-896216 Evil Pundit Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:22:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-896216 Then you'd be taking the wrong side, Terry. Then you'd be taking the wrong side, Terry.

]]> By: Terry http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-894450 Terry Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:25:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-894450 There are extensive writings on the Nature vs Nurture debate. I've read a fair bit of it and I'll take the Nurture side. There are extensive writings on the Nature vs Nurture debate. I've read a fair bit of it and I'll take the Nurture side.

]]> By: Sweet Violet http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-893219 Sweet Violet Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:20:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-893219 Polygamy may be acceptable in certain cultures, but that doesn't mean all male members of the culture practice it. My guess is that the social mores are immaterial...whether the culture permits one wife or many, the men who have the variant are predisposed to continue to seek new female companions. Polygamy may be acceptable in certain cultures, but that doesn't mean all male members of the culture practice it. My guess is that the social mores are immaterial...whether the culture permits one wife or many, the men who have the variant are predisposed to continue to seek new female companions.

]]> By: Evil Pundit http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-893065 Evil Pundit Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:43:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-893065 Polygamy is also measurable, objective behaviour. Therefore it is possible to make a scientific study of the things that influence monogamous or polygamous behaviour. Polygamy is also measurable, objective behaviour.

Therefore it is possible to make a scientific study of the things that influence monogamous or polygamous behaviour.

]]> By: Terry http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-892975 Terry Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:20:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-892975 In many cultures Polygamy is the norm. In many cultures Polygamy is the norm.

]]> By: Evil Pundit http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-892286 Evil Pundit Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:50:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-892286 Monogamy is not a social construct. It's a measurable, objective behaviour. Monogamy is not a social construct. It's a measurable, objective behaviour.

]]> By: Terry http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-891545 Terry Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:13:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/scientists-found-the-commitment-gene/#comment-891545 It seems to me that these scientists are just applying their own cultural values as a measuring and categorisation method. If you lived in a culture without the social constructs of marriage, commitment and monogamy, the claims made by these scientists would be laughed at. It seems to me that these scientists are just applying their own cultural values as a measuring and categorisation method. If you lived in a culture without the social constructs of marriage, commitment and monogamy, the claims made by these scientists would be laughed at.

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