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Simply not true? Given exactly the same opportunity you think they cannot get comparable result? So you are saying there is genetic (dis)advantage to technical things that cannot be overcome?
Ask people with foxp2 mutations whether or not genetics can convey insurmountable obstacles.
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Ask people with foxp2 mutations whether or not genetics can convey insurmountable obstacles.
I was referring to more subtle gene mutations in terms of the “average healthy human” kind of range. But you knew that.
(So I dismissed you with a sarcastic quip.)
That's not how evolution works, no matter how unfair you deem it to be. Life does not give a shit about fair - all that matters is what survives long enough to proliferate.
Feelings be damned.
The genes that convey contextually useful characteristics (although generally inclined to spread rapidly) are not at any point evenly distributed.
In some context genes that were useful in ancestoral context loose their use, or even become a burden.
Genes for intelligence may increase the ability to handle novel situations, but they also increase energy utilisation - which makes them a dietary burden.
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I was referring to more subtle gene mutations in terms of the “average healthy human” kind of range. But you knew that.
Don't be disingenuous - you were attempting to overrule a reason based conversation with an emotional call to the notion of universal genetic equality. (So I dismissed you with a sarcastic quip.) That's not how evolution works, no matter how unfair you deem it to be. Life does not give a shit about fair - all that matters is what survives long enough to proliferate. Feelings be damned. The genes that convey contextua…
Apologises for the trigger. Not my intent.
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The point of the book is to help people manage the struggle, not how to become a great programmer. If that isn't what you want then you can go find some other book. The authors own explanation: > There are plenty of books on how to become a better programmer out there. Books like this tend to have checklists and other advice that the author deems important enough for you to do in order to become a better programmer.…
So basically the book is teaching people to accept their mediocrity and be happy? Kinda like brainwashing people into being less ambitious, to counteract the brainwashing they experienced that made them too ambitious relative to their potential and abilities?
See the biblical book of Job. Countless self-help books. Scientology. Paulo Coelho books.
And so on.
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Don't be disingenuous - you were attempting to overrule a reason based conversation with an emotional call to the notion of universal genetic equality. (So I dismissed you with a sarcastic quip.) That's not how evolution works, no matter how unfair you deem it to be. Life does not give a shit about fair - all that matters is what survives long enough to proliferate. Feelings be damned. The genes that convey contextua…
You’ve attributed a lot more to what I said, than I actually said. Apologises for the trigger. Not my intent.