Message from @Puma
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@Cream Man well I have, and do.
You say that, but they have persevered for hundreds of years
Only to all but disappear
Perhaps that is evidence of a genetic link to culture
I mean, shit i'll do what i can to fight it, but if it's fucked it's fucked.
genetics is not linked to culture.
Well we are speaking right now, about a culture of hundreds of years being wiped away
And what is the variable
The destruction of the ethnic homogeneity of Europe is atleast something worth considering, we see what happened in Yugoslavia
Whether that is
As a result of the refusal to integrate within ethnic communities
Or actual genetics
Ethnicity means nothing, cultural compatibility is everything.
Both are interesting
Why do you think ethnicity means nothing?
Out of curiosity
Because identity with the culture plays a far more important role.
Considering intelligence is linked to genetics, why would it be hard to believe that some other social and psychological traits might be the same way
Which might evolve over time into distinct cultures
....
Is that a giant leap
It's a fucking giant oversimplification of genetics for a start.
It really is
Outside of outright genetic conditions, intelligence has an insane degree of variables that effect it, nevermind that intelligence is somewhat subjective.
A country with a high degree of agricultural resources will always have a higher base IQ than one with greater industrial resources for instance. look at north and south korea for instance.
Actually, now that you mention it, thats a really good example
I think you are assuming correlation is causation here
I'm really not. If you can't eat, your brain won't be working at peak performance.
Maybe the environment in more agriculturally suitable areas creates a climate where natural selection picks more intelligent people
Where are areas with this less so, like sub-Saharan Africa, physical capabilities are more important for reproductive success
That argument could definitely be made
Why are people that don't have access to regular and stable sources of nutrition shorter? why when those countries gain sustainable agricultural resources have the average height increased?
That is fair
same thing works with the capacity of the brain.
They’re putting chemicals in the grain, that turns the frickin midgets tall, do you understand that
Ok, so why do certain ethnic groups living in the West still have lower average IQs than other groups
Inbreeding
That's a good question.
If it is inbreeding then it is genetic kek
I thought we were talking about there being multiple influence on intellegence