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For about 100,000 years, your ancestors have gotten optimal results by trusting people who looked like them, and distrusting people who didn't. That would be a
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
For about 100,000 years, your ancestors have gotten optimal results by trusting people who looked like them, and distrusting people who didn't. That would be a very tough instinct to change.
- alexmat 17y agoI'm always amazed at how easy it is to fall into this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-so_story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-so_story Not saying you're wrong, but any studies or evidence to back this up?
- byrneseyeview 17y agoThe implicit association test usually shows that you like the folks you look like. And Putnam's study reveals the same thing, on a large scale. Once you consider the fact that for most of human history, we were part of small tribes of close genetic relatives (so kin altruism was good for our tribe's genes, which we are likely to share), you have an explanation that fits the data and makes sense. If that weren't true, you'd have some data that don't make sense, and an evolutionary hole to fill (how would the non-prejudiced tribes outcompete the prejudiced ones before the invention of trade?).