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Re: Patriarchy: Re: What Matriarchy?Len Piotrowski (lpiotrow@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:22:01 GMT
In article <321251F3.716E@best.com> Joel and Lynn Gazis-Sax <gazissax@best.com> writes:
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>> *scratching my head*
>So you believe that you can expose any genotype to the world and precisely
I suppose you think Chaos Theory does - guffaw! Besides, what happened to your
>>If somehow purposeful, meaningful, and
>If you take a look at most human societies, you will not find the complete
Boggles! Who said that anyway?
> Let's take a simple example: what
I'm afraid to look ... the strawman cometh!
> House 1: A mother, a father, and two children. (Perfect!)
"Pefect" what?
> House 2: A mother, a father, and three children. (Still on the mark, slight
"Variation" from what "mark?"
> House 3: A mother and a father and one children. (Pretty much the same
What pattern? Parents and their procreation? Can't wait ...
> House 4: A mother, a father, two kids, and a grandfather. (Hmmm. Well, the
Fits what? You're gettin' fuzzy ...
> House 5: A mother and two kids. (Where's dad?)
... with granddad?
> House 6: A father and his four children. A cousin of the father. Two people
... family reunion?
> House 7: Two unrelated people who are just sharing space. One of them insists
... house of horror?
> House 8: A mother, a father, and two kids. (Whew! Back to the "right" model)
Missed the original model (must have been fuzzy)!
> House 9: You tell me what is going to be in here....
House fuzz, dust bunnies, Goober's peas ... (?!?)
>Anthropologists run into this kind of pattern all the time. Note that pattern
Thanks for the lesson. Anyone else impressed?
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>Again, this may work intellectually, but in real life, you can assess probabilities
... your scepticism defies significance. At this point, I'd have to admit,
>It is on the basis of this realization that some serious rethinking is being
Glad to hear it. Spare me the details.
>>This is primarily what most students of human
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Cheers,
--Lenny__
"If you can't remember what mnemonic means, you've got a problem."
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