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Science still backs a genetic component for things like happiness and IQ, which unlike race is not a social construct and yet can still effect things like socia

• redcobra762 2y ago
  > In 2003, Phase 1 of the Human Genome Project (HGP) demonstrated that humans populating the earth today are on average 99.9% identical at the DNA level, there is no genetic basis for race, and there is more genetic variation within a race than between them. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8604262/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8604262/
  • thatcat 2y ago
    Right, there is .1 % variation in genetics which, although seems like small number, manages create differences that lead to social effects. no correlation with race required, not surprising really since race is self chosen and non specific.
    • redcobra762 2y ago
      No. You missed the rest of the statement: "there is no genetic basis for race, and there is more genetic variation within a race than between them."
• tremon 2y ago
  That genetic component is between parents and children, not between neighbours who serendipitously share the same skin colour. happiness and IQ, which unlike race is not a social construct Which one of those is not a social construct, you'd say? Happiness -- which relies on self-reporting, or IQ -- for which a person can change their score by 10-20 points by studying test preps?
  • thatcat 2y ago
    depression is based on self reported information, is that a social construct? anyway my point is that personality predisposition has a genetic component.