How does any deep cultural component work without any level of vertical transmission anyway?
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Replying to @riyenakshi @guNagarbhaH
This is the death blow to the rationalist. If we're wrong, and advanced genetic understanding proves this, immigration restriction only set things back by 1-2 generations If they're wrong... well dang, we either need fifty Hitlers across the West, or we just turn off the lights
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There's no doubt remaining on the genetic case - there's not even a theoretical case for the blank slate. Did evolution take one species off? Human intelligence and behavior can't be selected for? It's insane unless you believe in an immortal soul that does the thinking
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To me general HBD is all but settled, it's just a matter of fine-tuning our understanding of the details But I'm attempting to steelman the rationalists' position here—and even then it's clear they're making a horrific gamble
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It's far beyond "all but settled" - it's settled and the most proven set of facts about people - no piece of knowledge could pass the level of skepticism that HBD is subject to Meanwhile the burden of proof for prog-approved lies is set so low that social psych doesn't replicate
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