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@jeff333 Off-the-cuff answers here (reconnecting thread):

@kglahoda I appreciate all of that. And if I were insisting on pushing the conversation forward while outright rejecting or ignoring any challenges to my underlying premises, then I think you would be spot-on. But I'm doing the opposite thing. I'm saying, "hey this train of thought has been...

@kglahoda Well so far you've told me to question everything. But that actually doesn't tell me what you (or anyone) thinks. Other than it tells me to you take issue with something(s) I've said. Can I have more clues ? :-)

@kglahoda I’m hoping to better understand how people think about these things.

@kglahoda Ok. It would be truly helpful if you could pinpoint the premise or assumption that you believe is false. I’m not trying to smuggle in any opinions or absolutes. But I honestly don’t know what foundational premise or assumption I’m taking for granted that you would deny, and that...

@kglahoda Check out this parallel comment and tell me if that helps clarify (I hope it does):

@kglahoda Well, if we agreed there are good and sound reasons to believe that ["mothers = better caretakers" or something to that effect], then I would support initiatives to make it easier, more effective, and more appealing for mothers to care for their children (e.g. reducing burdens and...

@kglahoda I fail to see how someone would seek to bar either of those, even if they thought all of this were sound. But I can see how people would seek to promote and encourage and assist mothers in being more present and involved in their children's lives. For example: redirecting corporate...

@kglahoda Well I think it would mean that women caring for children 0-5 (for example) would have various advantages that men would not have and/or that children 0-5 (for example) would benefit from having a woman caregiver that they would miss out on if their caregiver is a man

@kglahoda I hadn't given any thought to the boundary around or definition of "SAHP." I guess I mean anyone who is primarily focused on homemaking and child rearing. I didn't mean to limit the scope or focus on breastfeeding. I'm assuming that evolutionary specialization extends beyond...

@alearose Cheers !

@alearose That's very interesting - thank you for sharing that. My wife and I were both raised in a basically secular, left-leaning way - both believing that we should focus on our careers and earn enough that we could afford childcare and schools and programs to take care of raising our...

@alearose I really do think there is a lot to this. At the same time, I wonder about the extent to which there are self-fulfilling prophesies that cut in the opposite direction as well. For example, if we place greater value and incentives and positive feedback on adolescents and young...

@tiffiena I invite you to explain how people are supposed to navigate life if they are only allowed to think, speak, or act within arenas where they are not experts. Navigating life cuts across countless arenas. Nearly all people are not experts in nearly all arenas. So there seems to be no...

Just putting this here for ease of tracing the thread: @jeff333/ >My initial set of questions would be: >What did men evolve to specialize in? Hunting & Gathering. >What non-biological factors are impacted by that? Spacial relations Risk-taking Dissociating from stress >Why does the...

@jeff333 I am not well-educated in these technical areas and I won't pretend to be. I'm not equipped nor do I have any desire to engage in a battle of the studies or "my expert is more expert than your expert" style argument that is all-too-common on Reddit. I really am just proceeding along...

@jeff333 I think that I'm just assuming evolution develop "hardware and firmware" (so to speak) that is specialized to newborns, infants, and young children ... and mothers ... and the relationship between them. Now, fathers' "hardware and firmware" lacks those specialized features. But - as I...

@alearose I do think you're really onto something to point out the impact of technology - I do believe that is a linchpin to everything we think and do. However, I think the impacts of technology have been far greater in the arenas of (a) military, and (b) white-collar careers than they have...

@jeff333 Ok. Thanks anyway.

@jeff333 Do you think X and Y chromosomes have any impact on military service ? I was just want to see if your chromosome comment was symmetrical or asymmetrical - whether it is congruent or incongruent with the metaphor.