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Even the RationalWiki admits that the social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> | Even the RationalWiki admits that the social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> | ||
As such, social constructionism borders '''Lockianism''' which refers to John Locke's philosophy that humans are ''blank slates'', meaning that very little is biologically predetermined, but rather socially constructed. Hence, it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. It's all mindbogglingly simple concepts that one is surprised to even see entire philosophical movements to have assembled around | As such, social constructionism borders '''Lockianism''' which refers to John Locke's philosophy that humans are ''blank slates'', meaning that very little is biologically predetermined, but rather socially constructed. Hence, it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. It's all mindbogglingly simple concepts that one is surprised to even see entire philosophical movements to have assembled around, but hey, that's better than [[masturbation|accomplishing nothing]]! | ||
The New Left and [[anti-incels]] are radical social constructionists, and hence simply dismiss arguments made by incels on grounds of evolutionary psychology or biology. | The New Left and [[anti-incels]] are radical social constructionists, and hence simply dismiss arguments made by incels on grounds of evolutionary psychology or biology. | ||