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>The opposite is true. Academia is where we get much of the evidence that socially-constructed groups (based on religion, gender, race, etc.) are not biological
by everdrive 6y ago
>The opposite is true. Academia is where we get much of the evidence that socially-constructed groups (based on religion, gender, race, etc.) are not biological and should not be the basis for granting value and rights.
Definitely citation needed here. I agree there is a nature vs. nurture question. But, I can't imagine any biologists are arguing that people are not tribal animals.
- smt88 6y agoI think you misinterpreted what I meant. Biologists certainly would say that humans are social and tribal. They would disagree that the typical delineations of tribes (based on race, for example) are natural. To put it another way: tribal behavior is biological, but decisions about who goes in which tribe are social and mostly arbitrary (beyond family relations).