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Since pigmentation doesn't cause crime, we should find the root cause.
by aljones 10y ago
Since pigmentation doesn't cause crime, we should find the root cause.
- danieltillett 10y agoYou actually don't know that pigmentation does not cause more crime or the alternative an absence of pigment decreases crime. I am not saying that pigmentation is a causative factor, just that nobody knows if it is not.
- Cyph0n 10y agoWhat an enlightening comment.
- danieltillett 10y agoI assume you are being sarcastic, but there are plausible hypothesis that could be tested to answer this question. For example the genes that have caused a reduction in human pigmentation in some populations have occurred very recently (within historical times) and under very strong selection. Genes that influence the propensity for impulsiveness or violence may have been carried along with the selection for low pigmentation. Another possible hypothesis is that since melanin and dopamine have an overlapping biochemical pathway that the genes influencing melanin production may also influence dopamine levels. A third possible hypothesis is that since different populations have historically lived at different densities this may have influenced how well people interact peacefully at high population densities (i.e. how domesticated people are in the same way cows are much calmer than wild cattle). All of these are testable hypothesis that no sane scientist will ever study - in the end we just don't know the answer and most likely never will.
- tedunangst 10y agoIs it acceptable to assign more police officers to neighborhoods of root cause?
- Cyph0n 10y agoGet out of here with your common sense that doesn't fit the narrative.