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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 9734103" data-attributes="member: 6779196">That isn’t what the article you linked says at all. It says genetics plays a role in a lot of human traits, and probably more of one than we think, which is an extremely nonspecific claim. The only specific claims it makes is that addiction is heritable (and the degree of heritability varies by substance), and that “several studies suggest” that intelligence is 50% heritable, while “a few suggest” it’s 80%. Setting aside the incredibly weasely phrasing of this claim, it’s basically meaningless because intelligence is far too complex to be summed up in a simple statement like “80% inherited.” This article certainly does not claim that 80% of human behavior is genetic.Of course, anyone who interacts with animals throughout their lives rather than just breeding them knows that’s an equally nonsense claim.Eugenicist talking points are on the rise in a time when fascism is gaining in political power? Color me shocked.</blockquote>