You are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

1
0

[–] BlacklistedEvola 1 point 0 points (+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

In many species, melanin-based coloration is found to be pleiotropically linked to behavior. We review animal studies that have found darker pigmented individuals average higher amounts of aggression and sexual activity than lighter pigmented individuals

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)

0
0

[–] 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.

1
0

[–] BlacklistedEvola 1 point 0 points (+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