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Re:Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesi... by michaelcampbell on Monday March 04, 2024 @12:38PM (#39593289)
> other adjacent fields which people try to extrapolate GGS to

I don't have a dog in the fight other than having read (most of) GG&S and found his writing style laborious, but the quoted bit above seems more like an issue with those other people that Diamond.

If I say "x" and people extrapolate that to things for which it was not intended, how does that make _ME_ a grifter?

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Re:Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesi... by alephnerd on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:36PM (#39594130)
The issue is Jared Diamond explicitly argues for Environmental Determinism despite it largely being bunk. He has had multiple opportunities to clear up his arguments, but he only digs deeper and deeper into it.
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