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> For example, anyone who accepts equitable distribution of attributes across genetic variances(a commonly accepted social narrative). Can you give an example?
by mrkurt 8y ago
> For example, anyone who accepts equitable distribution of attributes across genetic variances(a commonly accepted social narrative).
Can you give an example?
- GauntletWizard 8y agoDon't feel the trolls. It's a racist dogwhistle.
- elefanten 8y agoYou read that comment with bad understanding or bad faith. They explicitly argue against tying (epi)genetics to evaluating someone's potential. Whether you agree with that guidance or not, whether you agree with the implications, such data exists. Trying to wish it away contributes to the toxic hellstorm that exists in public discourse around these subjects. It retrenches the people who are curious about it and sends them into the narrative arms of the people who want to misuse it for their own social ends. It's much more productive to argue why such data is extremely limited, poorly understood and not conclusive.
- whataretensors 8y agoI'm of course against racism. If epigenetics is multi-generational then what of things like slavery and the ungodly number of atrocities littering our history, both race-based or otherwise. What things do we do now that are going to be harmful in such capacity, beyond the obvious prison system. More importantly, I think we could potentially improve ourselves collectively by harnessing this power. I know my own family history is littered with trauma.