Wearing socks *is* a social construct
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Borders are a social construct. Yet there are people killing each other about it.
Your company is a social construct. Yet it provides you with work and money.
Money is a social construct. Yet your kids still want their allowances.
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"Very good. That's exactly right. That also includes early bedtimes, no electronics, and double servings of vegetables. All social constructs that I can establish any time you want."
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the fundamental physics thingymcgee (idk how to call it and entity feels wrong)
Your not wrong, "thingymcgee" is the technical term but it's still a social construct just like gravity.
One can argue everything we know is a social construct
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_science)
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A sandwich is a social construct. But a social construct isn't always a sandwich.
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One can argue everything we know is a social construct
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_science)
Even social media posts, according to postconstructivism
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I can see my maxi pads.
A physical, tangible thing (maxi pads), related to hygiene (a concept, or construct).
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Are you suggesting that if even one human lacks this biological impulse to protect their children, we can't say that humans generally have a biological impulse to protect their children? That's absurd. And isn't this point entirely moot with regards to people who do have that in-built instinct?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I'm saying it is not "non negotiable".
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Some additional social constructs they may be more sentimental about: gifts, allowance, summer vacation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, doors, privacy, the internet.
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Social constructs aren't practical.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Not hitting dumdums on the head with a hammer whenever they say something silly is a social construct.
Hitting dumdums on the head with a hammer when they do could also be a social construct.
The usefulness of either method might be disputed by some but that there is practical social and individual value in not being murdered for a bad take should be obvious.
The criticism of "that's just a social construct" is not that it is one and is therefore meaningless, but that being a construct means it could be flawed.
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Typically those are mammals with larger litters and shorter gestational periods. Human offspring are too resource intensive to be widely used as decoys.
This is a weird conversation.
That's because you had a bad take that illogically separates the biological demands of organisms and their communities from aspects of social organization
There is no separation, social behaviors are also adaptations to the environment.
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Wait till you find out that some places around the world think fish meat does not count as meat and is vegetarian
I have no problem believing that every society has ludicrous cultural vestiges that can undoubtedly be traced back to a religious practice. For example, some Pope might declare that fish isn't meat based on an example of linguistic sophistry to protect the fishing industry.
