Mathilda, I apologize for calling you a coward. People have many reasons for posting anonymously. Sometimes people find doing so gives them a sense of safety to explore unconventional ideas. Some people just like to have fun with an alter-ego. I participate on this forum using my real name. I make myself vulnerable to demonstrate my sincerity. And while I’m not above using hyperbole, when I do I own it.
Where do you think our conversation can go after pronouncing me a bigot? You have also called my posts pseudointellectual. Would it help if I called you anti-intellectual? As it so happens, I have no reason dispute the scientific studies you presented. Those that I have read are both interesting and enlightening. Here it is not the facts that are in dispute; but rather, how to interpret and apply them. They prompt reflections on what the elements of personal identity are, what it means to be human, and the cultural artifacts around those notions. These cannot easily be discussed in colloquial language.
Where do you think our conversation can go after pronouncing me a bigot? You have also called my posts pseudointellectual. Would it help if I called you anti-intellectual? As it so happens, I have no reason dispute the scientific studies you presented. Those that I have read are both interesting and enlightening. Here it is not the facts that are in dispute; but rather, how to interpret and apply them. They prompt reflections on what the elements of personal identity are, what it means to be human, and the cultural artifacts around those notions. These cannot easily be discussed in colloquial language.
