Is it harder to talk to women about philosophy and religion?

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The other option is that the person presenting the argument/rationale is wrong. It does happen.
 
I don’t see why an invalid argument would warrant a strong, negative, emotional response any more than a valid argument. Simply explaining faulty reasoning will suffice.
 
Willing_Spirit said:
I don’t see why an invalid argument would warrant a strong, negative, emotional response any more than a valid argument. Simply explaining faulty reasoning will suffice.
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I suppose it depends on the potential effect of the original argument. If someone is arguing with what they believe is reason for a result that would compromise, say, the safety of one’s child, then it’s not unreasonable to expect a stronger and more emotional response.
 
Again depends on the situation.

Take for example the premise that people of a certain race are supposedly inferior.

I don’t blame people one bit if they react negatively when someone says to them that they are inferior merely because they belong to a certain race. No matter how nice and “reasonable” the tone of voice.

You can point out the flaws in the faulty assertion but it’s like spitting at a bonfire in hopes of putting it out. An exercise in futility.

You can walk away from the whole thing but then again you could be accused of being hysterical.
 
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All backed by the Bible of course. :roll_eyes:

There used to be a time when people from the so called Red Pill sites would come over and say these things about the inferiority of women and non-white people on this forum.
 
I certainly wouldn’t “blame” them either, but I still think the more virtuous response would be to calmly assert why racism is wrong, and if they don’t listen then there is nothing hysterical about walking away whatever accusations come about. God knows our hearts.

Staying to argue would just be an incredible exercise of patience.
 
You’re funny!

I would say that women tend to be (on average) more concrete thinkers and more interested in the here and now.

Some sample dialog:

Him: Blah blah blah blah metaphysics blah blah blah epistemology blah blah blah…

Her: We don’t have any milk or bread and we need to get up for work in 6 hours.

Women are, on average, much more survival-oriented, and we often don’t have patience for abstract high-falutin’ conversations when we think that there’s an urgent practical matter to take care of. Case in point: Martha in the Gospel.
 
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But . . . As we know from Matthew, chapter 4, "One does not live on bread alone. "

Frequently, there must also be butter.
 
Well, of course it is harder to talk to women about philosophy and religion. They don’t know Jack Squat about things like that.

😆😆😆😆😆

I hope anyone reading this will see the delicious irony of what I just said.
 
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You’re funny!

I would say that women tend to be (on average) more concrete thinkers and more interested in the here and now.
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More seriously, though, to quote Homer, “Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.”
 
It is harder to talk to my sister about philosophy and religion than most men I know. She has 2 doctorate degrees so typically chews me up and spits me out. So I avoid debating her at all costs 🙂
 
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Infact, scientifically speaking too, lack of Y, the master switch chromosome, necessarily make them different if not inferior to men.
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Different but not inferior. Studies have shown men and women both have the same average IQ, women just have smaller distribution whereas men have wider distribution (more at low and high end of scale)

Different in sense women tend to be interested in people whereas men tend to be interested in things (hence more male electricians and more female nurses)
 
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Philosophy and religion?

Meh

Now let’s talk about Minkowski space and the Poincare upper half plane. That’s what we women like to talk about.

🤔
 
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Sarcelle said:
Now let’s talk about Minkowski space and the Poincare upper half plane. That’s what we women like to talk about.
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Minkowski space? That sounds like linear algebra. I hate linear algebra!

I’m more of a signals and systems kind of girl.
 
More like non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry.

I’m fascinated with general relativity.

I love linear algebra too by the way.
 
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More like non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry.

I’m fascinated with general relativity.

I love linear algebra too by the way.
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They had you at spaces? 😜

No, I am a wimpy programmer with an engineering background. Goodness, it’s been a while since I’ve done this kind of math.
 
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