Biology and People

[rowyn]

Using only biological drives to understand human nature is like using only the fact that computers ultimately run on binary to understand Microsoft Office.

Yes, that fact is true, and yet somehow it does not actually tell you "use Ctrl-C to copy".

Comments

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

Trying to "understand" human nature purely as "biological drives" seems pointless. Rather, it seems more likely just a way to be dismissive of a more serious discussion. Like, "I wonder why {insert name here} is upset?" "Bah, it's all hormones!" (Translation: "I don't care to take it seriously, so here is a blanket lowest-common-denominator statement to kill the conversation.")