Short thread on some highlights from this podcast in which systems biologist Kevin Bird (@itsbirdemic) describes how the 'human biodiversity' community promotes essentialist folk beliefs about racial taxonomies by ignoring mainstream population genetics.https://twitter.com/ETVPod/status/1177213994148515840 …
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An example of an HBD claim: Ashkenazi Jewish are more intelligent due to natural selection. This claim was made for decades, before any evidence that conceivably prove it was available.
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When molecular evidence for the favored mechanism did become available (selection on the genes associated with lysosomal storage disease), this was quickly shown to be false.
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Kevin also explains why statistically identifiable group differences aren’t necessarily evidence of biologically meaningful taxonomies.
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If you think that genetic group differences between sub-Saharan Africans & Europeans means they’re different races, you have to then explain why different counties in England aren’t also races.
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She's not a "Doctor" - she has a PhD in a field that produces anti-knowledge
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