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[–] BlacklistedEvola 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
unfortunately, while they are indeed present, having these genes expressed is understandable as a bad thing from a civilizational standpoint
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886912000840
this applies to everything from birds, to shellfish, mammals and reptiles. darker pigmentation indicates r selection. the best you could do would be to argue that excessive K selection exists (which would be tough, and only possible with equally nasty zero-sum reasoning)
[–] Dfens [S] ago (edited ago)
Stupid =/= science no matter how much it tries to look like science.
Edit: there is not a single piece of data taken. That farce simply regurgitates commonly available statistics.
[–] BlacklistedEvola 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
that's an understandable reaction.
biological essentialism keeps coming at us, we deny it and it comes right back. i think its important that we learn to understand ourselves in a way that we aren't lessened as people just by understanding our biology. i think that's possible.
what's not possible is to make nature go away simply by issuing demands to it. mother nature doesn't give a shit whether people can find hope or if they lose it to 'fate' (she's a real bitch)
you're right that its unfair, but that doesn't make it unreal.
what matters is what you decide to do about it