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So the author initially laments the lack of thought diversity in the expert group (most participants work at English speaking, western universities), but then complains about them not agreeing with his data, which is only from English speaking western countries, so also not diverse at all. Looks like he should make up his mind.

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He did, and has a strong opinion now.

> Professor Patrick Parkinson AM is the Executive Director of Publica

Sounds like an elite to me.

No you see to be an elite means you have to have a viewpoint I dislike and the more I dislike it the more elite you are

Damn so that makes me a small time elite.

>No you see to be an elite means you have to have a viewpoint I dislike and the more I dislike it the more elite you are

Oh! We should have opinions so that we can disagree with each other and become elite. I'll start

All cows are spheres and have uniform density. These 2 properties make them BEAUTIFUL!

Only Elitists would say so! Cows are clearly cube shaped, or how would they fit into Tetra packs?

Yeah, this is a pretty good point. That marriage "works" better in a given time and place doesn't translate into a universal law that it always works better. And in particular it may be the case that alternative relationships can be made to work if other supporting cultural changes happen.

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