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I hear you, but in the past some bad science about race that was used to justify inequality. And the author admits it’s not clear how much of these reported dif
by awb 6y ago
I hear you, but in the past some bad science about race that was used to justify inequality. And the author admits it’s not clear how much of these reported differences are a factor of nature or nurture:
> All of the findings I've presented up to this point are merely descriptive; they don't prescribe any particular course of action, and they do not say anything about the complex interplay of genetic and cultural influences that may cause these differences to arise in the first place.
So I don’t understand why people are interested in this correlation when the causation is still up for debate.
- burnished 6y agoBecause they are interested in the debate. You're absolutely right that similar reasoning was used for some pretty appalling shit in the past, which is a reason for caution going forward, not a reason to pretend the conversation doesn't exist.