Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p...
by harperlee on Thursday December 18, 2025 @02:57PM
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I was just speaking generally, I also don't have a side there. But for clarity, what I meant is that templates to the tune of "[subset of people with X characteristic] are more / less prone to [Y characteristic]" can construct blatantly false sentences, and also sentences that, irrespective of whether they are true (or that they are falsifiable at all, as you add), have a heavy political penalty.
I also don't think that's bad - you can say blatantly racist things with that template, and I'm ok with those things not allowed to be said in lots of contexts.
Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p...
by thrance on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:14AM
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Issue is when MAGA people (Like Blow) say "women are biologically inclined towards X", it doesn't come from a place of geniune scientific curiosity, but rather a way to advance their misogynistic agenda. There is nothing you could ever say that would change their "opinion" on the matter.
Truth is, programming was women-dominated in its inception, but was taken over by men when programming the computer became more prestigious. Whatever biological factors at play here, they're completely overridden by sociological factors.
but the idea that you cant even a-politically pose a question about biology - i dont really get the logic there. seems antiscientific