Why is it hard to accept that genetics influences behavior?
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Make a descriptive claim about a singular persons tendencies as a result of their genetics and no one bats an eye. Extrapolate the same claim on a population level and everyone losses their shit.
Example:
>Person A has an suboptimal IQ, is violent and has numerous mental health problems. He then impregnates a whole village of women and a couple of generations later the majority of the villagers are expressing the same characteristics as he did as a result of their genetic lineage. Extrapolate this thought experiment on a continental level (let's say Africa for the sake of argument).
>Person B has an optimal IQ, is high trust and conscientious. He then impregnates a whole village of women and a couple of generations later the majority of the villagers are expressing the same characteristics as he did as a result of their genetic lineage. Extrapolate this thought experiment on a continental level (let's say Europe for the sake of argument). People like Person A in this society are burned at the stake, they become genetic dead ends.
Don't people not know how basic genetics and biology works? How can you both believe in evolution but not in human genetic biodiversity?
Example:
>Person A has an suboptimal IQ, is violent and has numerous mental health problems. He then impregnates a whole village of women and a couple of generations later the majority of the villagers are expressing the same characteristics as he did as a result of their genetic lineage. Extrapolate this thought experiment on a continental level (let's say Africa for the sake of argument).
>Person B has an optimal IQ, is high trust and conscientious. He then impregnates a whole village of women and a couple of generations later the majority of the villagers are expressing the same characteristics as he did as a result of their genetic lineage. Extrapolate this thought experiment on a continental level (let's say Europe for the sake of argument). People like Person A in this society are burned at the stake, they become genetic dead ends.
Don't people not know how basic genetics and biology works? How can you both believe in evolution but not in human genetic biodiversity?
