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Originally Posted by alphaorange
First off, if you knew anything about genetics you would know its nearly impossible for man to EVER completely map genes. The numbers are far too overwhelming. The fact that we have isolated a few genes relative to the total is amazing. So don't look for it to be discovered and mapped anytime soon.
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Then absent genetic proof what are we left with? If there are no known genetic links what we have are
theories, not facts. So stop calling people ignorant for not buying into pop science theory.
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Originally Posted by alphaorange
It has been strongly suggested that the abilities necessary to become a successful leader are, indeed, connected to a specific gene or genes. Why is that so hard for you to wrap your mind around?
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Why didn't you provide us with anything to back that up? None of the sources you cited were even capable of providing a working scientific definition of leadership,
even the ones that mentioned genes admitted that there was no known marker. In fact, you've zero proof of this assertion. You haven't even provided us with a genetic study of leadership.
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Originally Posted by alphaorange
So many mental and emotional traits are already found to be genetically linked. Secondly, the fact is many scientific theories are regarded as fact based on nothing more than overwhelming evidence to SUGGEST that they are true.
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Except that in this case there is no "overwhelming evidence to SUGGEST that they are true". Even your citations do nothing more than present pop-psychology as scientific fact. The one serious science citation appears to be years and years out of date.
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What we are really talking about is the capacity to become a winner based on traits that one is born with. All men are not created equal.
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I'm sorry, how did you make the leap from human behaviour being a mix of nature and nurture to Jeffersonian egalitarianism? I'm really not certain why it even has a place in the discussion. Looks are genetic (but even that is more reliant on cultural dynamics than you understand), athleticism is genetic. Winning and losing (in the organised athletics sense) are not.
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