army1987 comments on Neo-reactionaries, why are you neo-reactionary? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 22 November 2014 10:46:02PM 1 point [-]

The child is deprived of a mother (or father).

So are children raised in orphanages. Where do you think children adopted by gay couples come from?

And yes the two play different roles in bringing up children.

And yet empirically children raised by gay couples don't end up much worse adjusted than those raised by straight couples, and more generally parenting seems to have very little effect on children when controlling for genetics and nonshared environment.

Comment author: Azathoth123 22 November 2014 10:51:23PM 7 points [-]

And yet empirically children raised by gay couples don't end up much worse adjusted than those raised by straight couples

Or rather anyone who publishes a study saying otherwise gets the "evil homophobe" treatment to encourage others to self-censor.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 November 2014 11:03:29PM *  0 points [-]

Why do studies that do find that it all comes down to genetics and nonshared environment not get the "evil racist" treatment?

Comment author: Azathoth123 23 November 2014 11:52:04PM 4 points [-]

Why do studies that do find that it all comes down to genetics and nonshared environment not get the "evil racist" treatment?

As long as they bend over backwards to avoid mentioning the potential racial implications. Otherwise, they do.

As for why studies showing the connection between race and things like IQ are now becoming "slightly more mainstream", probably because people have been noticing these things for decades and it's becoming increasingly obvious.