Geneticists And Economists Clash Over "Genoeconomics" Paper 213
scibri writes "One side is accused of supporting ethnic cleansing; the other of being intellectually naive. Geneticists and economists are struggling to collaborate on research that explores how our genes influence and interact with economic behavior. Top economists are publishing a paper that claims a country's genetic diversity can predict the success of its economy. To critics, the economists' paper seems to suggest that a country's poverty could be the result of its citizens' genetic make-up, and the paper is attracting charges of genetic determinism, and even racism. But the economists say that they have been misunderstood, and are merely using genetics as a proxy for other factors that can drive an economy, such as history and culture."
Re:Genetic diversity... (Score:4, Funny)
...perhaps the culture also is somewhat genetics based?
I'll bet you a dollar that it's not [imdb.com]
Re:Correlation is not causation (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Genetic diversity... (Score:1, Funny)
The fact that more black people are imprisoned than whites is no more racist than the fact that more males are imprisoned than females is sexist.
Of course it isnt. Sexism/racism/etc works in one direction only. Stating more females are imprisoned than males is sexist (even if true).