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Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p... by __alexs on Saturday December 20, 2025 @05:45AM (#46335162)
No I'm just clear that the current state of science makes it impossible to draw the conclusion that you are.

Note that this outcome goes both ways. We can neither confirm that biology is the main driver nor confirm that it isn't. Life is not as certain as you want it to be.

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Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p... by psyopsy on Saturday December 20, 2025 @08:47PM (#46341502)
You started with “not well explained by biology.”

All of the evidence is solidly on one side, so you’ve retreated to “we can neither confirm nor deny.”

I guess that’s progress?

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Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p... by __alexs on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:07AM (#46352792)
Again, those statements are not contradictory.
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Re:Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 p... by psyopsy on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @01:12PM (#46367633)
They're not contradictory in a vacuum. But in this sequence, they show you're backpedaling. You opened with a firm claim, and when confronted with actual data, you retreated to 'we can't know.' Pretending that perfect certainty is required here is just a dodge.
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