We need to trust The Science TM. So naturally, I will also trust the data we have on group disparities. Yet for some reason people don't like that one. This video is a brief analysis of the data we do have on the interplay between genetics and group-averages, dealing with the simulated examples, named the Squares, Triangles and Circles. Covered in this video: - How geography and long isolation shape populations - What the Fixation Index actually measures - Why “it’s only skin-deep” does not survive genetic data - Why different people built such different social orders - Why there's no one true universal social order for all peoples. - What happens genetically and socially when distant groups intermarry #politics #biology #realism…
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