San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge

Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by outlace on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:23PM (#27243099)

I can see how it could be interpreted that way. My first reaction was (if the claim is true) that must be cultural memes as the cause, as a genetic cause automatically was implausible to me.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:33PM (#27243157)

> as a genetic cause automatically was implausible to me.

I agree. Given that Scandinavia was the homeland of the Vikings, I think arguing that they have a genetic predisposition away from crime would seem rather absurd.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by nec4b on Saturday May 22, 2021 @05:51AM (#27245053)

Why is it absurd? The most violent ones left Scandinavia and died fighting or settled elsewhere.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by qwytw on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:51AM (#27244171)

Significant amounts of Vikings left Scandinavia to settle other places in Europe, so maybe the ones left behind were less predisposed to commit crimes /s

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by renewiltord on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:42AM (#27244740)

This is sort of a variant of the voluntary settlement hypothesis which I always found entertaining.

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by haram_masala on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:37PM (#27243172)

Why would a genetic cause be implausible? Genetics guide human behavior. It seems very unlikely that behavior doesn’t vary among ethnic groups, but many other phenotypic factors do.

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