Historians primarily focus on proximate causes & they don't test hypotheses. Jared Diamond's comparative method in Guns, Germs & Steel does.
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@hbdchick Not really. A lot of HBD people really *are* like that. Culture and environment are both more important than genetic variation. -
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@hbdchick From humans acting on the basis of experiences they've had. It's not so mysterious. Few traits map with genes. -
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@AlWest13@hbdchick My opinion of you has greatly diminished. Because not only is that blatantly false http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/all-human-behavioral-traits-are-heritable/ …, it's clear.. -
@JayMan471@AlWest13 i didn't even know him, and my opinion of him has greatly diminished. goes straight for calling me a waaaaycist? wtf? -
@hbdchick@JayMan471 Did I go straight for that? I don't think so. You can't defend your claim that culture is genetically determined... -
@AlWest13@JayMan471 you can't defend your claim that it's not. it's simple: since behavior has a HUGE genetic component, so must culture.
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@hbdchick and I've seen European history 'explained' (pfft) by increasing altruism due to increasing exogamy. What horseshit. -
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@christopherburd@hbdchick I'm quite sure genetic variation plays a role. But it's a smaller one than basic human mental processes. -
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@christopherburd@hbdchick Absolutely - but all societies are exogamous. Except for hillbillies in Australia. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/it-looks-like-a-normal-aussie-shed-but-these-walls-hid-horror-beyond-comprehension-the-telegraph-eyes-compound-where-incest-family-lived/story-fni0cx4q-1226782594190 … -
@AlWest13@christopherburd all societies are exogamous??: http://consang.net/index.php/Global_prevalence … -
@hbdchick@christopherburd ...negating the Westermarck effect. All societies are exogamous. -
@AlWest13 exogamous doesn't mean avoiding incest with immediate family. - 7 more replies
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