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From: martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo)
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Subject: Re: Sex and Determinism
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Date: Sun, 20-May-84 23:32:17 EDT
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I read Sociobiology and I saw no evidence of a purely genetic determinist
point of view.  I suspect most of the people who flamed about E.O. Wilson
never read his writings.

As for progressive, I consider a point of view progressive if it offers a
potentially successful solution.  In a generation or two, scientists will
probably be most less desirable traits through genetic engineering.  

The nurture adherents have had three generations at least to eliminate
race as a predictor of success in intellectual endeavors and have failed
abysmally.  Clinging to unsuccessful theories hardly strikes me as
progressive.  At least in view of the new technology the genetic
determinists offer something new to try.