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 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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