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Re:Widespread sex differences in gene expression in the huma... by cwaniak on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @05:51PM (#7221111)
Oh, you Marxists and your never ending quest to "eliminate" this or that from the society. The human genes haven't changed in the past 10,000 years. There is nothing you can change that will not dive back into the previous state with some social unrest or crisis.
Re:Widespread sex differences in gene expression in the huma... by Fomite on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @06:53PM (#7221503)
This will come as a shock to those who are lactose intolerant, a mutation whose rise is in the vicinity of that time period.

Protip: Evolution doesn't actually stop.

Unless that was sarcastic. At which point, carry on :)

Re:Widespread sex differences in gene expression in the huma... by lambdaphage on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @08:19PM (#7221862)
Adult lactose tolerance is the mutant phenotype-- intolerance is the norm.
Re:Widespread sex differences in gene expression in the huma... by Fomite on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @08:54PM (#7221980)
Yeah, that. Mea culpa, but the idea remains the same.
Re:Widespread sex differences in gene expression in the huma... by stcredzero on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @09:01PM (#7222006)
Marxists..."eliminate" this or that from the society.

Ok, you're right. Things just haven't been as good since we Marxists have eliminated the doctrine of coverture and laws forbidding women to wear pants. (Fact. Look these up.)

A) I'm not Marxist. B) Society in the recent past was far from perfect. C) For your sake, I hope you're trolling and this isn't your best attempt at a reasoned response.

Re:Widespread sex differences in gene expression in the huma... by einhverfr on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @11:51PM (#7222572)
s/Marxists/Progressives/

Marx was a progressive (i.e. he saw history as an endless march towards progress). But not all progressives are Marxists.

If you buy the myth of progress, then eliminating divisions in society and traditional institutions like strong families is good because it is good for that sort of individualism which supports a modern corporate economy. on the other hand, if you don't buy it, then you might start asking why family businesses and expecting to retire with the kids are so bad, and why we sacrifice family on the alter of individualism.....

I consider myself to be on the "light side" of post-modernism, namely that side which looks to the premodern past for truth (not the dark side which tends to discount all knowledge).

Re:Widespread sex differences in gene expression in the huma... by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @09:08PM (#7222050)
Yeah, you're just trolling now.