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Key word there being “selecting”, which makes this a pretty implausible explanation for something we can observe over a couple decades.
by smogcutter 6y ago
Key word there being “selecting”, which makes this a pretty implausible explanation for something we can observe over a couple decades.
- mcphage 6y agoHormone production is something that the body controls. It doesn't require multiple generations or genetic selection.
- whatshisface 6y agoI don't get what you're saying, every phenotype is something "that the body controls."
- XorNot 6y agoThe point is that it's not a genetically determined effect. Testosterone in your body fluctuates throughout the course of a single day, based on what happens to you in that day. So at a societal level, we'd expect some general zeitgeist based average to fall out of other factors, potentially.
- echelon 6y agoUnless production is controlled by the environment rather than strictly genetic factors. This wouldn't be a genetic argument then.
- whimsicalism 6y agoSo then totally irrelevant to the silver fox experiment.