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Comment on Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution by howard

howard — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:50 +0000

Try this experiment: get a guy and a girl to ask strangers if they won’t to have sex. Do you really think that the difference between the responses is due to cultural conditioning? – Philip Helbig

...if you control for the unique dangers women face in these situations, the response evens out to roughly the same. Citation.

And yet, when we do DNA studies, we find out that 20% of babies born to married couples were fathered by someone other than the mother’s husband.

That is 20% of cases where a DNA test is requested--20% of cases where the father thinks that he is not the father. In a self-selected area where you would expect them to be right a hell of a lot more. This is the cross-slice of the general population you would expect to be a hell of a lot higher than 20%. That it is so low indicates that it is probably exceedingly low in the general population.

Phillip Helbig March 26, 2013 at 7:40 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment “I feel compelled to point out that, homosexuality aside, it’s mathematically impossible for men to be “more promiscuous” than women.” It depends on whether you count the encounters or the people having them. In many cases, there are a small number of women who are very promiscuous (often charging for their services) while most are monogamous. So, if on average men say they have had more than 10 partners and women don’t, it’s not necessarily a contradiction.

This is from a self-reported study. A moment of thought might show why men might over-report due to cultural reasons and women might underreport. And a bit of meta-analysis would show that work has already been done. (sigh)

Comment on Christianity is bullshit, and I’m not apologizing for saying that by timothyguy

timothyguy — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:06:40 +0000

Blame all those misspelled words on my kindle.

Comment on Christianity is bullshit, and I’m not apologizing for saying that by timothyguy

timothyguy — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:01:42 +0000

Only problem with this article is bigfoot is real as are alien abductions and aliens and ghosts and lots of things you skeptically Morin’s ignore the evidence for.

Comment on Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution by gillyc

gillyc — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:09:52 +0000

e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1288207/

Comment on Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution by gillyc

gillyc — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:48:26 +0000

rossthompson:

And yet, when we do DNA studies, we find out that 20% of babies born to married couples were fathered by someone other than the mother’s husband.

Citation please? Because I've read that that's a myth, and the percentage is more like 1%.

Comment on Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution by rossthompson

rossthompson — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:03:11 +0000

In many cases, there are a small number of women who are very promiscuous (often charging for their services) while most are monogamous.

And yet, when we do DNA studies, we find out that 20% of babies born to married couples were fathered by someone other than the mother’s husband.

So, if on average men say they have had more than 10 partners and women don’t, it’s not necessarily a contradiction.

That depends on what you mean by “average”. If you’re talking about the median, then no, it’s not a contradiction; if you’re talking about the mean, then it is.

But, if you’re relying on people self-reporting how many partners they’ve had, then there just might possibly be social pressures encouraging men to over-report and women to under-report. How do you control for that?

Comment on Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution by steffp

steffp — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:52:34 +0000

@ Giliell, professional cynic
Don’t fucking try to explain my life to me.
As you’re clearly playing the small business entrepreneur victim card, in a specifically feminine discrimination way, some sort of explanation seems required.
I would have gotten 14 weeks of 70% paid leave if I’d worked as an employee.
No. Actually it’s 100% of one’s average income , paid 6 weeks before, and 8 weeks after childbirth. You confuse Mutterschaftsgeld and sick pay, which is ~70% after the 6th week.
As I worked as a freelance I got shit.
Well, yes. Entrepreneurs are the great losers in Social Capitalism, as everyone knows. Victims, even. But, as an advice, get a better tax accountant if really all you got was shit. Your tax refunds should compensate all woes of not being privileged for the social safety net.
Yes, that’s free if you’re on wellfare.
Which was exactly the point of BenP. Subsidies for those who need them.
Interesting what you left out in your petty-bourgeois rant:
free maternity care and free child healthcare, free school from Kindergarten on
But of course that’s nothing at all. You still need a baby sitter when you want to go out and have a glass of wine… darn bureaucrats.

Comment on Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution by deltmachinery

deltmachinery — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:42:04 +0000

How we won the James Randi Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge

thespiritscience.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=15600

Comment on Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution by anuran

anuran — Sun, 05 May 2013 06:32:36 +0000

Of course the whole Paleo thing is based on “just so stories” and bad science. But there are some good results. A mixed diet with lots of whole fruits and vegetables, no processed foods, refined sugars or HFCS, periodic light fasting and eaten when hungry rather than on a schedule is generally a good thing. So is the emphasis on getting plenty of exercise, sunshine and adequate sleep.

Comment on Indiana high schoolers want to ban gays from prom by Felix Derynioski

Felix Derynioski — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:02:06 +0000

Wow. That’s insane. I totally agree with you. Even though I honestly don’t know what my parents’ positions are on those who are L, G, B, or T is, I honestly do think that homo- and tran- sexuals deserve to be treated equally. I am a Roman Catholic. My church (I’m in N. VA) kind of tries to brainwash people about this kind of stuff. But even without the church, the whole idea is pretty controversial. Thankfully, my school is pretty liberal. We have an LGBT club, and back in September, there was an LGBT week. I fully support homosexuals and transexuals.