gcochran comments on Q&A with Harpending and Cochran - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gcochran 14 May 2010 06:59:07AM *  7 points [-]

There are sub-patterns. There are facts about natural selection that every plant geneticist knows that few human geneticists will accept without a fight. I mean, really, Henry, when a prominent human geneticist says " You don't really believe that bit about lactase persistence being selected, do you?" , or when someone even more famous asks "So why would there be more mutations in a bigger population?" - their minds ain't right.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 May 2010 09:31:57AM 2 points [-]

There are facts about natural selection that every plant geneticist knows that few human geneticists will accept without a fight.

Could you expand on that?