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I’ve gotten blood tests done where the normal range for various parameters was listed as being different for different racial groups. If there is no correlatio
by umanwizard 6y ago
I’ve gotten blood tests done where the normal range for various parameters was listed as being different for different racial groups.
If there is no correlation between genes and “American race definitions”, how is this possible?
- crispyporkbites 6y agohttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-gen... https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1998-10/WUiS-GSRD-071098.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1998-10/WUiS-GSRD-07... https://theconversation.com/racism-is-real-race-is-not-a-philosophers-perspective-82504 https://theconversation.com/racism-is-real-race-is-not-a-phi... To add a bit more weight it’s worth reading the intro to race on Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)
- umanwizard 6y agoI’m aware that race is not a strictly defined category, and that racial classification is arbitrary to a large extent. However, this doesn’t answer my question.
- crispyporkbites 6y agoIt demonstrates the logical fallacy - if it's an arbitrary classification, as you say, how can those blood test groupings be accurate? They can, at best, be arbitrary
- umanwizard 6y ago“Arbitrary” doesn’t mean “uniformly random”. Even though the lines are blurred, there is still a strong correlation between being considered part of a particular racial classification in the US and having certain genes.
- hajimemash 6y agoThanks for the interesting first link. Now I understand your earlier comment