On 25 July 2014 13:32, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/24/2014 4:49 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 25 July 2014 11:27, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And in any case 'natural selection' would just be replaced by 'cultural >> selection' - which is natural. >> > > What is 'cultural selection' ? > > > I think there are two kinds. One comes from competition between cultures. > Supplanting one culture by another - as Engish culture supplanted > aboriginal culture in Australia. The other is the influence of a culture on > the reproductive success of individuals, e.g. being a great rock singer is > good for your reproductive success in modern America. Doesn't help in > Saudi Arabia. >
Yes, that seems reasonable. But it's mainly to do with relatively unusual situations, at least in our current society - cultural clashes and behavioural extremes. I'm not sure what the connection is with cultural determinism, which seems more to do with what is considered acceptable behaviour and suchlike - i.e. determining general day to day behaviour, rather than what happens in exceptional situations. This is however a subject with an awful lot of grey areas... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
