Re: [Marxism] The transition to capitalism: is it in our genes?

["Auguste Blanqui" <blanquist@xxxxxxxxx>]

Almost everything?  I've asked you for one example of where a
behavioral trait like those described in the piece (diligence et. al)
can be genetically based, and you haven't provided. anything.

And what biology are you reading?  Go read "Not in Our Genes" before
saying this fin-de-siecle crap is "widely accepted."

On 8/8/07, Sayan Bhattacharyya <ok.president+marxmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/8/07, Mark Lause <MLause@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > When they say it's due to genetic AND environmental or cultural reasons,
> > they're saying absolutely nothing.  It's like saying that pickpocketing is
> > genetic because you evolved hands.
>
> But almost *everything* is due to genetic AND environmental reasons.
> Very few things are caused by purely one or the other. The environment
> (and other genes) profoundly influence how a gene gets "expressed" as
> a phenotypic effect. This is now widely  accepted in biology.
>
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