A preference for the familiar can only be explained by learning to the extent that what one finds familiar is partially environmental. The tendency to gravitate toward the familiar in the first place is innate.Originally Posted by Iskar
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Re: ‘Soup Nazi’ joke is no longer funny, a restaurateur learns - After an outcry, the owner of the new Soup Nazi Kitchen in downtown Everett is changing the name.
A preference for the familiar can only be explained by learning to the extent that what one finds familiar is partially environmental. The tendency to gravitate toward the familiar in the first place is innate.
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Re: ‘Soup Nazi’ joke is no longer funny, a restaurateur learns - After an outcry, the owner of the new Soup Nazi Kitchen in downtown Everett is changing the name.
Now that is an entirely different statement, because what is "familiar" is subject to early life learning processes, so I guess we have to come to a wording we can both support.
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Re: ‘Soup Nazi’ joke is no longer funny, a restaurateur learns - After an outcry, the owner of the new Soup Nazi Kitchen in downtown Everett is changing the name.
Np, it's innate. Animals exhibit the same behavior. This is especially true of our primate kin. Chimps will literally tear apart any chimp they do not know that wanders into their territory.
Insanity with Dignity
Re: ‘Soup Nazi’ joke is no longer funny, a restaurateur learns - After an outcry, the owner of the new Soup Nazi Kitchen in downtown Everett is changing the name.
Spot the difference. Last I checked life on earth had not developed genetic memory yet.
"Non i titoli illustrano gli uomini, ma gli uomini i titoli." - Niccolo Machiavelli, Discorsi
"Du musst die Sterne und den Mond enthaupten, und am besten auch den Zar. Die Gestirne werden sich behaupten, aber wahrscheinlich nicht der Zar." - Einstürzende Neubauten, Weil, Weil, Weil
On an eternal crusade for reason, logics, catholicism and chocolate. Mostly chocolate, though.
I can heartily recommend the Italian Wars mod by Aneirin.
In exile, but still under the patronage of the impeccable Aikanár, alongside Aneirin. Humble patron of Cyclops, Frunk and Abdülmecid I.
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Re: ‘Soup Nazi’ joke is no longer funny, a restaurateur learns - After an outcry, the owner of the new Soup Nazi Kitchen in downtown Everett is changing the name.
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