@hbdchick It comes from humans observing the world and acting on those observations. Barely a role for gen. vari. to play.
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@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d Most behaviours aren't heritable if you define 'behaviour' as including 'wearing feather headdress', e.g. -
@AlWest13@david_kenneth_d no, but having an "extraverted" flavor to your cultural practices prolly is: http://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/extraversion-and-culture/ … -
@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d So the actual practice itself isn't genetically determined? Can I get that in writing? -
@AlWest13@david_kenneth_d it already is in writing. i just gave you the link.
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@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d Did Euro-Americans have genes for cowboy-hat-wearing that indigenous Americans didn't have? -
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@david_kenneth_d@hbdchick Why keep on about self-awareness? Point is cultural history = primary determinant of cultural practices. -
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@david_kenneth_d@hbdchick No; culture is people acting on the basis of what their brain feels is the best thing to do. -
@AlWest13@david_kenneth_d aaaaaand - how does the brain function? -
@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d It functions on the basis of principles that are part of our human phylogenetic inheritance. -
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