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I’m not sure why it’s so hard for people to believe that evolution can indeed affect our brains just like everything else. Keep in mind the culture of the vari

I’m not sure why it’s so hard for people to believe that evolution can indeed affect our brains just like everything else. Keep in mind the culture of the various regions could easily cause fast natural (?) selection. I’m no expert on Japan’s history, and even less so on China/Korea/etc. I know enough that Japan had periods of pretty constant war, and that the young and the brash would essentially volunteer to be mercenaries. It seems to me that could pretty quickly weed out the most aggressive genes in a population. It would be different, of course, if soldiers were conscripted instead. That’s just one example and as I said, I’m not a historian. Another example would be America. People always come up with silly reasons why we became the dominant world power. In my opinion the reason is simple: the people that immigrated here were risk takers, hard workers, and dreamers. Their kids would inherit those genes. So, I’d say culture begets genetics which begets culture…

spookybones 4y ago
I would suggest you read up on the history of mercenaries worldwide and the history of youth volunteering for wars worldwide. These are by no means traits particular to Japanese people. I would also suggest you read up on the United States global positioning before and after WW2. It was regionally isolated from the brunt of the war, which allowed it to loan money and sell weapons and resources at very favorable rates for the majority of the war. This can’t be excluded from a simple explanation of its global dominance.
- Auracle 4y ago
  I'm very well aware of what people's argument is for why the US became dominant, and I'm sure it was a factor. Yet that didn't happen to other regionally isolated countries like Mexico or Brazil - hell, or even Canada. And yes, youth always volunteer for wars. Like I said, I'm not a historian and my example was just an example of how things could guide selection. That said I don't think many countries had something similar to what ronin, or even samurai, were. It was a fairly unique system. China's Great Leap Forward would be another example of something that could guide who lived to procreate and who didn't.
gond0r 4y ago
"I’m not sure why it’s so hard for people to believe that evolution can indeed affect our brains just like everything else." because publicly acknowledging this obvious reality comes at a cost: you WILL be attacked. most people do not want to be attacked and would rather take the easier route of pretending to not notice this or anything that's going to cause them a problem. they have even done studies with 1 day old babies where the scientist holds the baby's nose shut and guess what, babies of different races react in different ways. same as when they take baby boys and girls and put them in a room the boys go for the toy trucks and the girls go for the dolls. i'm sorry but that study doesn't need to happen if you don't live in an ivory tower and have to act like a politician because you have so much money to lose for having the wrong opinion.

spookybones 4y ago

I would suggest you read up on the history of mercenaries worldwide and the history of youth volunteering for wars worldwide. These are by no means traits particular to Japanese people. I would also suggest you read up on the United States global positioning before and after WW2. It was regionally isolated from the brunt of the war, which allowed it to loan money and sell weapons and resources at very favorable rates for the majority of the war. This can’t be excluded from a simple explanation of its global dominance.

Auracle 4y ago
I'm very well aware of what people's argument is for why the US became dominant, and I'm sure it was a factor. Yet that didn't happen to other regionally isolated countries like Mexico or Brazil - hell, or even Canada. And yes, youth always volunteer for wars. Like I said, I'm not a historian and my example was just an example of how things could guide selection. That said I don't think many countries had something similar to what ronin, or even samurai, were. It was a fairly unique system. China's Great Leap Forward would be another example of something that could guide who lived to procreate and who didn't.

gond0r 4y ago

"I’m not sure why it’s so hard for people to believe that evolution can indeed affect our brains just like everything else." because publicly acknowledging this obvious reality comes at a cost: you WILL be attacked. most people do not want to be attacked and would rather take the easier route of pretending to not notice this or anything that's going to cause them a problem. they have even done studies with 1 day old babies where the scientist holds the baby's nose shut and guess what, babies of different races react in different ways. same as when they take baby boys and girls and put them in a room the boys go for the toy trucks and the girls go for the dolls. i'm sorry but that study doesn't need to happen if you don't live in an ivory tower and have to act like a politician because you have so much money to lose for having the wrong opinion.