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That is a great signalling response, but honest? You really don't know whether your friend is black or white?
Well, as we all know, race is a purely social construct with no underlying biological basis; unfortunately, LWers are known for their very poor socializing skills and understanding of social norms. So shminux, a LWer, doesn't know?
Not very surprising, actually!
I know race is a social construct, but no underlying biological basis? Isn't this Lewontin's fallacy?
No, as I understand it, Lewontin's fallacy is considered to be not the claim that there is no underlying basis, but that this is established by looking at raw percentages of between-group vs within-group variation.
Although I assume you aren't being serious, remember that shminux claimed that he doesn't notice hair, eye and skin colour. As far as I know, colour is not a purely social construct, althout if shminux were a continental philosopher, I could imagine him believing that it is.
C'mon, color is totally a social construct!
There really should be a phrase for socially constructed divisions or elaborations of a continuous empirical space.
"self-fulfilling distinctions"?