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Testing
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Someone who thinks up a new theory is the last person who should be trusted with the job of testing it. A new theory should be tested by independent researchers who aren’t cronies of the theorist and who don’t have an axe to grind. It’s division of labor again: proposing theories and doing research to test them are jobs that should be carried out by different entities.
“A good theory should go in advance of the evidence,” the evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller said in a recent interview
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― No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality
― No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality
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Aside from this notion of fecundity, there are other aspects that need discussion here. Most striking is a powerful belief that masculinity is an artificially induced status, that it is achievable only through testing and careful instruction. Real men do not simply emerge naturally over time like butterflies from boyish cocoons; they must be assiduously coaxed from their juvenescent shells, shaped and nurtured, counseled and prodded into manhood.
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― Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity
― Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity
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