Message from @Kalier
Discord ID: 352839180834963460
why?
a mixture of genetic and cultural factors
I don't think that "genetic" is the reason of development
why not?
the culture maybe
but the genetic no
Culture largely stems from genetics.
example?
Differences in genetic capability for civilization-qualities like cooperation, trust, future-orientation, etc
No, that is the culture
these are genetic, population scale differences
no it isn't
It is, A culture define the values
no it doesn't
no values like future-orientation or other heritable traits
IQ is largely heritable
personality traits are 50-70% heritable
a culture as a meta-structure may adopt population scale traits as valuable
and some of those traits certainly play a bigger role at creating higher civilization than others
yes
Example some african cultures
again, that largely depends on the general intelligence and personality traits of the population at hand
The intelligence depends of the culture and the way of life
@Kalier Progress is only necessary if the environment changes
in a traditionalist culture
What is the antonym of tradition?
Drawing a blank here
intelligence depends very little on culture / way of life. extensive twin research demonstrates this
its mostly heritable
and nutrition?
nutrition is a red herring, historically speaking
its not really a distinct variable in the civilization building eras we're discussing
If a african person is educated with western values from birth, there will be no difference
In Africa, IQ is low because of poverty
Oh my
Human intelligence is highly heritable.
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v16/n10/abs/mp201185a.html
maybe IQ and poverty have a mutual causal relationship
Black children raised in White households have similar IQ scores to Black children in Black households.
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1977-07996-001
IQ is one of the genetic population scale traits that determines the appropriate civilizational level
IQ is low, so everybody is poor, so nobody has the resources to improve IQ, so everybody gets poorer, etc.