lepukowsky

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by lepukowsky 13y ago
Because I live in a western liberal democracy and have been indoctrinated to believe that differences between cultures have no qualitative bearing, they are merely choices among equal values, and as such I cannot possibly comprehend such bl
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
I'm not talking about genes. I'm talking about the passing of culture, values, etc... It seems pretty obvious to me that good habits produce more good habits, and bad habits produce more bad habits among family lineage, but no one
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
No, I'm not going to let you misinterpret my argument, keep trying. I'm quoting the article which is suggesting that people breed with the best mate they can, inevitably creating inequality. I am asking how we, as a modern society
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
I at no point advocated eugenics and I actually find that a bit insulting. I quoted the article directly which stated (as I quote again for the space-cadets among us): "Such competence is potentially heritable and is reinforced by the
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
The first comment on the actual article (Econmist) page is thus: "I suspect that looking at incomes (or genes) rather misses the root of social mobility or lack of it. I think the more major difference is simply cultural." Maybe y
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
That makes no sense. How could one group possibly slowly evolve over a great period of time to be any different than anyone else?
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
According to Wikipedia, that question doesn't really matter: "race has no taxonomic significance and that all living humans belong to the same species" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_%28human_classific
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
Do you feel this way from a societal, "consequentialist" point of view, meaning that doing such would necessarily maximize the quality of society on the whole? If so, what if there is an opportunity cost by which such a moral choi
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by lepukowsky 13y ago
"Such competence is potentially heritable and is reinforced by the human tendency to mate with partners of similar traits and ability." I think this raises a very important question: How far are we willing to go to pursue equality