[ExI] extropy-chat Digest, Vol 84, Issue 15

[BillK]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Keith Henson  wrote:
> No, he really was talking about genes.  And while there is not *a*
> capitalist gene, there are certainly a mess of psychological traits
> presumable under genetic control that definitely contribute to being a
> capitalist.
<snip>
> Now Clark may be wrong, but he sure backs up his arguments with a lot of data.
>
>


But no *genetic* data.  He's a historian not a geneticist.
He is speculating.

Assume memes and there is no need for genetic theories of racial
characteristics.
See my earlier post:
<http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/2010-September/060124.html>

BillK