Why females hate this movie?
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combatreview — 16 years ago(December 04, 2009 11:46 AM)
Not to say I disagree with everything you've just said, but surely it's obvious that we absolutely ARE defined by our biology, at least in part? Our thoughts are chemical processes, and biochemistry differs based on a number of factors, including gender.
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combatreview — 16 years ago(December 04, 2009 01:56 PM)
That's double-balderdash right back at you, sonny jim. Nothing is certain and we all have free will - but it's naive to suggest that our physical bodies do not affect our thoughts and behaviour.
I mean, unless we bring in god, souls, spirituality
Because if we don't, then we are our physical bodies and there aint nothing else of us. Our physical bodies include our brains, and our brains are the seat of our behaviour and thought processes. And our brains are affected by physical influences, such as chemical balances - and tumors. Software aint nothing without hardware, and Neuroscience agrees with me.
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combatreview — 16 years ago(December 05, 2009 04:28 AM)
Quadruple sir. We ARE our bodies. Our thoughts, our personalities, ARE chemical processes.
Gender affects body chemistry.
Now sure, being of a given gender guarantees nothing about who we are, and does not overwhelmingly determine anything about us - but it absolutely IS a factor. Of course it is.
People are always frightened of the idea that who they are may be determined by their physical selves, because they mistake it for a form of determinism or predestination. For example, some object to the idea that a pedophile may be caused by their genetic heritage, because they think that it makes an excuse for them. It does no such thing, because all humans have free will and are capable of choosing their own actions, regardless of their genetically-determined inclinations.
We exist physically. Every thought we have takes place on a physical level. Our Gender IS determined physically, in both bodily form and our brains.
Not to say socialisation isn't a massive part of what 'programmes' us - every computer needs to have software to run. But you can never escape the confines of the physical engine that contains that software, and its limitations. I think its naive to imagine that the human mind is in some way physically transcendent or metaphysical, whatever our ideologies might like us to think. -
alfa — 16 years ago(December 06, 2009 10:21 AM)
Humans are far too sophisticated to be reduced to an analogy with computers.
Although it is an interesting fact that men use Unix, Windows is almost exclusively for women, while Macs are the sole province of the Wiltshire Roaring-Woofters and sexual miscreants of every stripe and perversion. -
alfa — 16 years ago(December 07, 2009 05:02 AM)
Tha bottle'sShmINE.
You're my besh frenn, you are . . . .
Actually imdb is dicking me around this am. First there's a box to post in, then there isn't. A Unix upgrade gone wrong. Luckily, I'm a man and can deal with it.