[extropy-chat] prejudices/tribalism biologically "hardwired"

[Dirk Bruere]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

>--- The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>Jeff Davis wrote:
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>>>>Tribalism (ethnic, religious, nationalistic,
>>>>linguistic, etc affiliation--with tribes any "us",
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>>>any
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>>>>"them") is perhaps viewed as a kind of cultural
>>>>accident (of birth, for the most part). 
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>>>Concurrently,
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>>>>there is the view that prejudice is a character
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>>>flaw
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>>>>slash moral defect.  Not!  It's all in the genes.
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>>>>Another very good reason for genetic
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>>>"reengineering"
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>>>>slash enhancement.
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>>>True - that my tribe!
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>>Ug. No. Character flaw. What bout caveman from 2 tribe
>>like mongrel dog. How gene make prejudice? Who make
>>prejudice? Papa tribe? Mama tribe? All tribe?
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>Ask someone who is 1/4 african-american or 1/12th native american why
>they identify with the majority or minority ethnicity: because they
>choose the tribe that gives them what they feel is more power as
>individuals over their lives. This sense of affiliation may change over
>time and may change from day to day depending on which tribe one is
>with at any given moment. The gene doesn't make you automatically
>black-supremacist, it makes you likely to strongly identify with one
>group and engage in group behaviors to enforce that groupism. Are some
>confused? Certainly, especially if both groups they are members of
>reject them or see them as 'other'.
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It can be even simpler than that, esp with small self selected tribes.
I have joined the 'Asatru Tribe' (as have most) because its culture is a 
perfect fit for my personality, and I enjoy being with people who are 
'like me'. Ditto the 'Transhumanist Tribe' to a lesser extent.
How much of ones personality is genetically influenced?

-- 
Dirk

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