[lbo-talk] RE: Film Notes

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Fri Oct 24 09:06:19 PDT 2003


Miles Jackson wrote:


>On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Brian Siano wrote:
>
>
>>It's like this. Imagine if we were talking about growing hair. Imagine
>>if Person A then asserted that growing hair was not innate, but a result
>>of interactions of organism and environment. Imagine that Person B asks,
>>"Okay, please describe an environment where human beings would not grow
>>hair." Person A then asserts that there are places in society where
>>people shave their heads. Person B then reiterates, "No, I asked you to
>>tell me where people _do not grow hair_."
>>
>>
>Okay, I definitely understand your question. Whether you're talking
>about competition or growing hair, your question is pointless and
>any possible answer is idle speculation.
>
In other words, you cannot support your original claims regarding environment and "human nature."



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