> One of the worst long-term consequences of Nazi rule has been the degree to which pointing out that genes do cause real differences has become taboo I think

> One of the worst long-term consequences of Nazi rule has been the degree to which pointing out that genes do cause real differences has become taboo I think this hot take should be reconsidered! Surely the above consequence is not anywhere near the top 10. There were entire ethnic groups virtually wiped out, cities leveled, European society set back decades. And: the cautionary tales for naive reliance on genetic explanations for "good" versus "bad" tendencies in society go way beyond Nazism -- historically, they didn't even start there.