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Originally Posted by willravel
Ah, "human nature". There's really no such thing. There are certain behavioral patterns that are motivated by biology and environment, but no "nature" to speak of.
Some places on the planet have extremely low crime rates. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...mes-per-capita
The discrepancy cannot be explained by "human nature". |
While that website is pretty much devoid of meaningful data, assuming it was valid would do nothing to diminish the human nature argument. Its not like our natures would be uniform under all circumstances or across populations.
To ignore our instincts and genetic heritage is the mistake of physiologists over the last 50 years, though I thought they were finally starting to understand we are not a tabala rasa to be programed by our environment. Perhaps I am wrong, and maybe they will go back to trying to treat things like homosexuality with therapy again.