Do you think a particular group of people can be genetically predisposed to aggression?

still a better train of thought than that of a liberal's

Well primarily people say, "aha see a large amount of crime exists in these communities, this confirms my suspicions." I think this is unquestionably a post-hoc rationalization

Most people would say it's purely environmental, 100%

You are comparing what normal people say to academic studies

No I don't think they are genetically predisposed to agression any more than any other race

but you just said some differences exist

Do you think tendency to be aggressive can be acquired genetically?

Can small differences not be exacerbated with time?

and distance?

I think it's largely learned

Wouldnt even say, something obvious, access to technology

not affect the gene pool

But some of it is genetic?

like if one population lives with less access to it

If there is a genetic factor, it's secondary to the social factor

why can't the social factor affect the genetic factor

It could

There is no such thing as secondary there. Genes express themselves in an environment

Sure

I agree with that

So, what is the problem then? It is just a matter of degree.

Not of principle

Well that's kind of the thing

There’s a stereotype saying black people commit more crimes

which doesn’t seem true

They commit more crimes, but I disagree that the reason why is because they are "just like that"

Black people commit more crimes per capita, that is a fact.

I think that the criminality is manifested by the environmental conditions of the communities, for example poverty is a huge factor

And if you control for them, they still commit more crime

You can perform the analysis yourself

You cannot control for that sort of thing

You can control for poverty

By examining all samples having equal household income

You compare a white man with x salary and a black man with x salary

Most of these behaviors are learned in childhood however

Since that's when neural plasticity is most plastic

The chaos of life is too much to control for in these kinds of tests

You can control for that too. Do you think that if a black family which is rich is living in affluent neighborhood for several generations, there would be no difference to whites

Of course you cannot control for all factors. But if you will set such a high criteria, then we would have to throw all statistical studies

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