/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9023368
So the physics doctoral brainwashing program doesn't work on certain kinds of retard.

Why should anyone believe inflation really happened instead of the big bang model being wrong?

>>8819324
>It is a concept that are based on the sociodynamics of groups and the phenotypical features that go with it. This is distinct from a construct based on genotypical features, such as 'MET homozygous' individuals, etc.
I agree - but phenotypical features are rooted in genetics aren't they? They are passed down through ancestry. Which is why I say that race is still biological. Would you not agree?

>this is an insult, not an ad hominem
It's an ad hominem attack, it just isn't an ad hominem fallacy - although arguably you are poisoning the well (a form of ad hominem fallacy), trying to cast my character into doubt in an attempt to make my arguments appear wrong or implausible.

Could you please refrain from such ad hominem attacks, since I don't think it is necessary for examining the question rigorously and unemotionally.

>Like I already said, there are genetic correlates of putative races. But race tracks phylogenetic and geographical ancestry, which is subtly but importantly distinct from pure genetics. Morover, it imperfectly tracks these features, because it's rooted in phenotype rather than genotype.
Would those "genetic correlates" be ethnic groups? Since I have seen geneticists talk about ethnic groups, because they do not like to use the word "race", which is considered to be emotionally charged.