Comments on: Liberals deny science, too https://www.isegoria.net/2014/11/liberals-deny-science-too/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Gwern https://www.isegoria.net/2014/11/liberals-deny-science-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1764916 Gwern Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:59:12 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36590#comment-1764916

How exactly did intelligence evolve if there are no related genes?

Caused by genes != variations must be due to genes. Presumably they would argue that all relevant variants have gone to fixation in living humans, and so there is no genetic variation which influences *variation in the population* (==”some people are born genetically with more intellectual potential than others”).

Much the same way that the reason people grow legs is due to “related genes” but the number of legs each person has is unrelated to their leg-genes, as opposed to, say, environmental effects like “tried to jump in front of a train”.

]]> By: Steve Johnson https://www.isegoria.net/2014/11/liberals-deny-science-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1759726 Steve Johnson Tue, 04 Nov 2014 01:27:13 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36590#comment-1759726

Eighty-one percent found it either plausible or highly plausible that “some people are born genetically with more intellectual potential than others,

Ok, so 19% are insane.

How exactly did intelligence evolve if there are no related genes?

Meanwhile, nearly 60 percent of sociologists in the sample considered it “plausible” that human beings have a “hardwired” taste preference for foods that are full of fat and sugar

More insanity.

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