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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 4 Aug 2019
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    Anti-gay genes: Individual differences in homophobia are largely heritable - to a larger degree than homosexuality itself. https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/download/2932598/2932599/Synopse_A.Zapko-Willmes.pdf …pic.twitter.com/3JLr1FwcUO

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      1. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 5 Aug 2019
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        I explicitly wrote heritability "of individual differences", not of the thing itself, to address the problem. Can't do a lot more in a Tweet.

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      2. Stephen Franks‏ @franks_lawyer 5 Aug 2019
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        Replying to @DegenRolf

        Is there a problem with the study signalled by “In accordance with our expectations”?

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      3. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 5 Aug 2019
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        Why should it? Research must be hypothesis-driven, and that specific hypothesis had already been suggested by preliminary investigations by Eysenck years ago.

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      2. Carlos Toraño‏ @catorano 4 Aug 2019
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        So we should respect their biology?

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      3. Ryan Walker‏ @rywall182 4 Aug 2019
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        It makes it more understandable, but not something we should respect either. Perhaps more patience is called for, but that’s it.. We don’t let people off for stealing who arguable, have inherited kleptomaniac tendencies. Same principal.

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      1. Hal Herzog‏ @herzoghal 4 Aug 2019
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        Interesting implications for the "born this way" argument.

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      2. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 5 Aug 2019
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        Actually, though homosexual behavior is widespread among animals, exclusive homosexuality is almost completely absent.https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/1032635370909982727 …

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        Rolf Degen @DegenRolf
        Exclusive male homosexuality occurs only very rarely in the animal kingdom, but exclusive female homosexuality has, so far, never been observed. http://toddkshackelford.com/downloads/Jeffery-et-al-EPS.pdf … pic.twitter.com/pN3kw0QrxQ
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      3. Liane Poost‏ @LianePoost 5 Aug 2019
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        If you ask me, there is only one sex drive. What people do with it depends on their experiences, habits, social contacts, mindsets, and so on

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      2. Rolf Muertter‏ @RolfMuertter 4 Aug 2019
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        Replying to @DegenRolf

        What's the adaptive value of homophobia?

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      3. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 4 Aug 2019
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        Also, there have been attempts to pinpoint direct adaptive accounts of homophobia, but I am skeptical:https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/752532499838996480 …

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        Traitors to country: Aggressive homophobes see gays as defectors from joint group defense. http://evp.sagepub.com/content/14/3/1474704916657833.abstract … pic.twitter.com/p5vuxsvFu6
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