Love after life: Richard Feynman's letter to his departed wife (2017)

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 2:23 AM UTC

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #105

distant_hat wrote: post #97

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Where are the flaws? That the guy was attractive and managed to seduce others? He may have gone with other people's wives but that is on the wife to say no, not on him.

Ethical non monogamy requires ethical behavior. If you’re seeking out students wives, that is predatory and unethical behavior. If you’re also denigrating women that is unethical behavior. While it’s possible that Feynman, the students, the students wives, and Feynman’s wife all consented to this behavior, it seems unlikely. I do not believe “that is on the wife to say no, not on him”. If these allegations are true,…

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Post by growingkittens » Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 12:21 PM UTC

waterhouse wrote: post #129

growingkittens wrote: post #93

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I'm not seeing sources that try to separate "real" cases from "false" cases in that section. Both types are included in that 70 percent figure.

The cited book provides very interesting background: > Admissible grounds varied from state to state. [...] In the other states, the common grounds were adultery, desertion, and cruelty; but there were all sorts of state idiosyncrasies. [...] Cruelty became the grounds of choice in the twentieth century; it overtook adultery in 1922, and in 1950 accounted for almost three-fifths of all divorces. Most states recognize…

No fault divorce did not exist before the rise in cruelty claims. What caused the sudden rise in cruelty claims? None of these sources contain any sort of analysis, they're just a narrative with number aids.

The crime and violence wave of the century was beginning, which would end with a whisper in the 1990s as crime and violence dropped everywhere in the US regardless of enacted laws.

Women's rights were taking hold. Men's behavior didn't necessarily change - the social ability to escape that behavior did.

I don't think that social sciences are as technically advanced as you want them to be. They are in their infancy.

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