BGB <cr88...@gmail.com> writes: >> Well it's clear that it's not their best interest to do that: only about >> 40% males reproduce in this setup. > > it is in the best interest of those who are successful. > > if a person works in their own best interests, it may benefit > themselves, but this is not to say that it necessarily benefits > everyone. > > I suspect though that the modern reproductive statistics are probably > a bit better than this though, given that general survival and > mate-finding are probably a bit more balanced in modern times (as well > as most westernized societies holding negative views on things like > polygamy, which were also a lot more common in past societies as well, > ...).
I don't think so. It could change if parental genetic tests were done systematically. On the other hand, in the USA a lot of black women still have children without counting on a supporting father, so if genetic tests were done systematically (with the removal of support of the woman and child from the deceived husband), that would just generalize the single-mother phenomenon to the whole society, I'm afraid. > I don't personally believe that the genders are all that different in > terms of how they behave, nor necessarily in terms of relative > ability, but may differ more in terms of what they look for, for > example, due to things like societal expectations and similar. Yes, they're nowdays fundamentally different, because of the selection that has been made naturally, because of the differences between man and woman. > but, likely, societal expectations is the hard one. > very possibly, much of the current media may actually serve to make > this problem worse. >> I learn programming languages basically by reading the reference, and by >> exploring the construction of programs from the language rules. >> > > this is more of an "advanced" strategy though, as-in, probably > something used by someone generally already familiar with the general > topic. That's how I learned my first programming language and programming, given that at the time there weren't any program to copy from! It was even before programs for micro-computers were pulished in journals. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}. _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
