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"But why?" will seem a horrific challenge indeed when the real answer is "because this way I win, my will is done, and you are in my power, and that's all I care about." Parents don't like admitting that to their kids, and it is anathema to a society of equals. Equality and fraternity seem to...

There can hardly be flaws in logic which hasn't been profferred. What I would like to do is figure out if you all who are apparently appopolecting at JonTron are materialists, in which case your moral outrage makes no sense; neither you nor JonTron has any choice in what the universe has...

If I cannot choose my genetics, and I cannot choose my environment, and mind supervenes on brain, and brain is determined solely by genetics and environment and thoughts determined by brain chemistry, then what does "responsibility" mean? We don't hold rocks responsible for falling, do we...

Yes, I remember the Eugenecists, such as Margaret Sanger, who started Planned Parenthood with the explicit goal of reducing the number of blacks being born, or so says Google: http://studentsforlife.org/planned-parenthood-and-racism/ Is it true? Who knows. Also, I'm not particularly...

Well, I don't see where you've contradicted me. Simply saying that in your opinion some stuff matters more than other stuff is not helpful. Incidentally, I'm staring at an ad at the bottom of the screen here for "23andMe," exhorting me to "Find [my] roots" and telling me "[My] DNA comes from...

I'm not clear on how this is different than genetics, or environment, or some combination of the two. Is it not the case - it is a question - that the mind is a supervenient phenomenon of the brain? And is not brain solely the product of genetics and environment? And if mind does not...

Sometimes, alleviating conflict is not the point of an observation, but to point up relevant similarities so that reasoning upon them might be possible. I'm not sure that is the case. The variety of ethnic features arose somehow, and the most plausible explanation for their origin is...

It's not an argument, but a question.

Well, either humans are subject to evolution or they are not. If they are, then if physical traits are heritable, it is not beyond possibility that behavioral traits are also heritable. If behavioral traits are heritable, then it may be the case that behavioral traits have actually been...

Actually, I really do. I have found that when you build up things from first principles, then we can have more agreement and less conflict. Do I want that, and do I think that, and is there no proof? When I start making claims, then it is appropriate to ask me to substantiate them.

It's an analogy I haven't made. It's a simple question: are behavioral traits heritable? If traits show up in differing environments with the same breed of dog, is it fair to say it is at least possible that the trait is inherent in the breed of the dog, and cannot be credibly reduced solely...

Mine wasn't.

So, in other words, "yes, humans breed selectively." So, it's the dog-breeding environment, and not the ancestry of the dogs, that possibly leads to the outcome that certain breeds appear much more aggressive than others. Do I understand you correctly? And, a follow up: is it your...

Yes, I suppose some may feel that way about my diction. I find it revealing when, rather than addressing the content of my questions, my interlocutors begin faulting their style. It indicates that I'm talking to those for whom truth is not a high priority, but instead hold winning to be the...

Are you saying humans do not selectively reproduce themselves, but instead reproduce indiscriminately? I'm sorry; I've read your "response" twice now, and I'm not seeing a clear answer to my question - are you denying aggression may possibly be a heritable trait? Yes, or no, if you please.