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Of course. After all he is seriously suggesting that: There are genes that are present in every rich person across the planet but absent in every poor one. Th
by whybroke 10y ago
Of course. After all he is seriously suggesting that:
There are genes that are present in every rich person across the planet but absent in every poor one.
That the human genome is so poorly understood, there's plenty room for that hidden in it.
That these genes evolved in the last 15k years (because before agriculture, wealth was limited to what you could carry and everyone was a generalist and so there was no selective pressure)
That they did not evolve at a single site like every other gene (because then we would find all the rich people on earth clustered in one spot with no poor people around with a density spreading outward) so...
The genes appeared coincidentally in every civilization and society independently the same time. In the last 15k years. With very mild or no selective pressure.
And this was discovered by one person (Gregory Clark) with no background in genetics and in opposition to near universal criticism while, coincidentally, telling a story that comforts the rich.
But at least it's not eugenics.