Comments on: A Hypothesis for "System Administration for Phenotypes" http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/02/a-hypothesis-for-system-administration-for-phenotypes.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/02/a-hypothesis-for-system-administration-for-phenotypes.html/comment-page-1#comment-8620 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/02/a-hypothesis-for-system-administration-for-phenotypes.html#comment-8620 <p>SSSM is an interesting beast --- it is too vague to generate interesting hypotheses by itself (for that you need something more specific, like Rational Choice model, behaviorism, etc) but specific enough to prevent analysis of genetic factors (we all remember Larry Summers being fired as President of Harvard for suggesting research questions into the broadest genetic categories imaginable).<br /> <br /> It is an interesting battle, with genetic factors searchers fighting as two movements (behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology) to make these two changes (broaden acceptable inquiry and narrow it down to a useful line of research).</p> SSSM is an interesting beast — it is too vague to generate interesting hypotheses by itself (for that you need something more specific, like Rational Choice model, behaviorism, etc) but specific enough to prevent analysis of genetic factors (we all remember Larry Summers being fired as President of Harvard for suggesting research questions into the broadest genetic categories imaginable).

It is an interesting battle, with genetic factors searchers fighting as two movements (behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology) to make these two changes (broaden acceptable inquiry and narrow it down to a useful line of research).

]]> By: mark safranski http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/02/a-hypothesis-for-system-administration-for-phenotypes.html/comment-page-1#comment-8619 mark safranski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/02/a-hypothesis-for-system-administration-for-phenotypes.html#comment-8619 <p>"The Standard Social Sciences Model "<br /> <br /> Is simply a model -and a useful one - but when it becomes a mold that new disciplinary discoveries must fit or be discarded, then we need to think about entertaining alternative or complementary models.</p> “The Standard Social Sciences Model “

Is simply a model -and a useful one – but when it becomes a mold that new disciplinary discoveries must fit or be discarded, then we need to think about entertaining alternative or complementary models.

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