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> The reach is in how far you're applying it. I'm not "applying it". I'm stating what it is. > But then you can't say the natural programming is the reason.

> The reach is in how far you're applying it. I'm not "applying it". I'm stating what it is. > But then you can't say the natural programming is the reason. Sure you can. Because as I said, infants do it. It's why the researchers chose infants and toddlers. Nobody TAUGHT an infant to prefer their own kind over others. > It's one factor and not one of the bigger factors. You are simply not getting it. We are NATURALLY programmed to prefer our in-group. But we can be programmed via propaganda ( government, media, education, etc ) to go AGAINST our programming. > Do I seriously need to pull out a genetics textbook? If you keep a steady population Not only do you fail at genetics, you fail at statistics. > If two people with one copy have children, about a quarter of them will have blue eyes. Right and 3/4th will have non-blue eyes. Just think about it. Breeding at random, the blue eyed population will simply diminish generation after generation. > and have people marry at random Also, who is talking about "random". The original commenter wrote : "I think people have an instinct for enriching their genome, that's why we're attracted to features our own group lacks, like different skin/hair color, facial structure, etc." He was saying that people have an "instinct" and preference for out-group. I proved this was false with many sources. Science says that people have an "instinct" to prefer their in-group. The only way to counter it is with societal programming/propaganda. As I said. I provided the sources. You aren't arguing against me, you are fighting against science. I'll end the "debate" here as it gets tiring repeating science over and over again.

Dylan16807 5y ago
> Sure you can. Because as I said, infants do it. It's why the researchers chose infants and toddlers. Nobody TAUGHT an infant to prefer their own kind over others. But I'm not talking about infants. I'm talking about people in general. By the time you're an adult, it's 90% culture. If culture and instincts were opposites, culture would win. Which you agree with! So when you say "If people naturally favored the out-group ( people who look different ), racial/ethnic groups and diversity wouldn't exist." that's not true. If you flipped the instinctual switch, people would still be clique-y. > Breeding at random, the blue eyed population will simply diminish generation after generation. No it won't. Oh my god. The more the blue-eyed population shrinks this way, the more brown-eyed carriers you have. The more carriers you have, the more often two brown-eyed people have a blue-eyed baby. This hits a steady state very quickly. We don't run out of people with a recessive trait. And if people suddenly preferred to hook up with opposite-eyed people, the number of blue-eyed kids would actually drop down for a generation before rising over time to the steady state! > Also, who is talking about "random". I laid out the random scenario and the extreme out-group scenario. Neither one causes recessive traits to stop showing up en masse. > He was saying that people have an "instinct" and preference for out-group. I proved this was false with many sources. Yeah he was wrong about that. But you overcorrected. Edit: Let me put this by itself. Really simple logic. > Right and 3/4th will have non-blue eyes. Just think about it. These sentences were discussing parents that have one of each gene, right? So all the parents under discussion here have brown eyes. But only 75% of their children have brown eyes. That sure doesn't sound like blue eyes disappearing to me!
- dotcommand 5y ago
  > But I'm not talking about infants. I'm talking about people in general. You specifically responded to my comment which was a response to "I think people have an instinct for enriching their genome...". INSTINCT. Something that's INBORN, not cultural. That's what I specifically responded to. You are being dishonest here. > Yeah he was wrong about that. But you overcorrected. Overcorrected? Oh give me a break. > Let me put this by itself. Really simple logic... But only 75% of their children have brown eyes. I'm so glad you caught on. So you do know a little bit about statistics. So now I know all your misleading replies are not based on ignorance but agenda. Now ask yourself, in your non-biased random world, which produces 75% brown eyes and 25% blue eyes, how some countries have nearly 90% blue eyes or over 50% blue eyes? Your logic proves that in the real world, there was a bias. I won't even bother with how a recessive mutation in a 99.99% brown-eyed world ( 8000 years or so ago ) can survive without some selection bias to begin with. https://www.livescience.com/9578-common-ancestor-blue-eyes.html https://www.livescience.com/9578-common-ancestor-blue-eyes.h... For fun, put your two browned eyed people with recessive blue eyed genes with 98 other people without any blue eye recessive genes. And see how things work out without any bias. Randomly breed that population without bias and see how things turn out. But then again, you already know the answer right? Oh yeah, make it "real" and don't create exactly 4 offsprings either. And see how things really turn out. I just don't understand why people like you intentionally lie about such mundane stuff. I know that you know better since you "caught" my statistical "mistake". If you weren't wasting my and other people's time with lies, I wouldn't care. Heck, you are wasting your own time. I don't get it. I'll end it here. For reals this time. Have a nice day.
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    > Now ask yourself, in your non-biased random world, which produces 75% brown eyes and 25% blue eyes, how some countries have nearly 90% blue eyes or over 50% blue eyes? Your logic proves that in the real world, there was a bias. I never said there was no bias. Why do you spend so long arguing against things I didn't say? > For fun, put your two browned eyed people with recessive blue eyed genes with 98 other people without any blue eye recessive genes. And see how things work out without any bias. Randomly breed that population without bias and see how things turn out. But in the real world, those genes are in a pretty big fraction of people. No matter how you shuffle them around, you'll end up with tens of millions of people with blue eyes. > I just don't understand why people like you intentionally lie about such mundane stuff. What the fuck are you talking about? ...I got flagged for saying 'fuck', great.

Dylan16807 5y ago

> Sure you can. Because as I said, infants do it. It's why the researchers chose infants and toddlers. Nobody TAUGHT an infant to prefer their own kind over others. But I'm not talking about infants. I'm talking about people in general. By the time you're an adult, it's 90% culture. If culture and instincts were opposites, culture would win. Which you agree with! So when you say "If people naturally favored the out-group ( people who look different ), racial/ethnic groups and diversity wouldn't exist." that's not true. If you flipped the instinctual switch, people would still be clique-y. > Breeding at random, the blue eyed population will simply diminish generation after generation. No it won't. Oh my god. The more the blue-eyed population shrinks this way, the more brown-eyed carriers you have. The more carriers you have, the more often two brown-eyed people have a blue-eyed baby. This hits a steady state very quickly. We don't run out of people with a recessive trait. And if people suddenly preferred to hook up with opposite-eyed people, the number of blue-eyed kids would actually drop down for a generation before rising over time to the steady state! > Also, who is talking about "random". I laid out the random scenario and the extreme out-group scenario. Neither one causes recessive traits to stop showing up en masse. > He was saying that people have an "instinct" and preference for out-group. I proved this was false with many sources. Yeah he was wrong about that. But you overcorrected. Edit: Let me put this by itself. Really simple logic. > Right and 3/4th will have non-blue eyes. Just think about it. These sentences were discussing parents that have one of each gene, right? So all the parents under discussion here have brown eyes. But only 75% of their children have brown eyes. That sure doesn't sound like blue eyes disappearing to me!

dotcommand 5y ago
> But I'm not talking about infants. I'm talking about people in general. You specifically responded to my comment which was a response to "I think people have an instinct for enriching their genome...". INSTINCT. Something that's INBORN, not cultural. That's what I specifically responded to. You are being dishonest here. > Yeah he was wrong about that. But you overcorrected. Overcorrected? Oh give me a break. > Let me put this by itself. Really simple logic... But only 75% of their children have brown eyes. I'm so glad you caught on. So you do know a little bit about statistics. So now I know all your misleading replies are not based on ignorance but agenda. Now ask yourself, in your non-biased random world, which produces 75% brown eyes and 25% blue eyes, how some countries have nearly 90% blue eyes or over 50% blue eyes? Your logic proves that in the real world, there was a bias. I won't even bother with how a recessive mutation in a 99.99% brown-eyed world ( 8000 years or so ago ) can survive without some selection bias to begin with. https://www.livescience.com/9578-common-ancestor-blue-eyes.html https://www.livescience.com/9578-common-ancestor-blue-eyes.h... For fun, put your two browned eyed people with recessive blue eyed genes with 98 other people without any blue eye recessive genes. And see how things work out without any bias. Randomly breed that population without bias and see how things turn out. But then again, you already know the answer right? Oh yeah, make it "real" and don't create exactly 4 offsprings either. And see how things really turn out. I just don't understand why people like you intentionally lie about such mundane stuff. I know that you know better since you "caught" my statistical "mistake". If you weren't wasting my and other people's time with lies, I wouldn't care. Heck, you are wasting your own time. I don't get it. I'll end it here. For reals this time. Have a nice day.
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  > Now ask yourself, in your non-biased random world, which produces 75% brown eyes and 25% blue eyes, how some countries have nearly 90% blue eyes or over 50% blue eyes? Your logic proves that in the real world, there was a bias. I never said there was no bias. Why do you spend so long arguing against things I didn't say? > For fun, put your two browned eyed people with recessive blue eyed genes with 98 other people without any blue eye recessive genes. And see how things work out without any bias. Randomly breed that population without bias and see how things turn out. But in the real world, those genes are in a pretty big fraction of people. No matter how you shuffle them around, you'll end up with tens of millions of people with blue eyes. > I just don't understand why people like you intentionally lie about such mundane stuff. What the fuck are you talking about? ...I got flagged for saying 'fuck', great.