tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post113055025095788430..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Native EmpiricistsRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1131940656403216282005-11-13T22:57:00.000-05:002005-11-13T22:57:00.000-05:00If you caught the last of Kim Hills Face-to-Face s...If you caught the last of Kim Hills Face-to-Face shows, this was put so beautifully I almost cried (OK, I'm a sucker for a good argument). She interviewed one of the leading lights behind the truely remarkable Dunedin study of (I think) about 1500 people- now 32. He spoke inspiringly (how often does a scientist do that?) about the complex and fascinating relationship between genes and environments, relating to depression, anger, drug use, childhood poverty, and more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1130788036429945022005-10-31T14:47:00.000-05:002005-10-31T14:47:00.000-05:00You've summed things up nicely. One caveat: Rice...You've summed things up nicely. One caveat: Rice demonstrates what appears to be a synapomorphy (novel growth phase in Homo and Pan infants) as well as some apomorphies (sequential hypermorphosis and prepubescent neotony in <I>Homo sapiens</I>).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1130638206867425252005-10-29T22:10:00.000-04:002005-10-29T22:10:00.000-04:00who first coined the phrase "nature vs nurture"?It...who first coined the phrase "nature vs nurture"?<BR/>It is a bit like saying <BR/>"feet vs legs... - which causes walking?"<BR/><BR/>I can just imagine all the experiments regardng people with sore feet or sprained leg muscles as scientists try to figure out whether it is indeed the feet or the legs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1130616119904010912005-10-29T16:01:00.000-04:002005-10-29T16:01:00.000-04:00Yep. Ever read Matt Ridley's Nature Via Nurture (a...Yep. Ever read Matt Ridley's <I>Nature Via Nurture</I> (a.k.a. <I>The Agile Gene</I>)? That's pretty much what it says too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com