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Comment author: Lumifer 23 April 2016 12:03:00AM 5 points [-]

the sub-Saharan African prevalence of human disease and parasites, and introduced it to the US in a counterfactual past

A lot of people forget that malaria used to be endemic in the South, Washington DC struggled with it, and Florida was just considered to be unfit for human habitation.

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Comment author: sight3 26 April 2016 03:40:09AM 1 point [-]

A lot of historical contigency was needed to make this particular world.

Yes, and a lot of that contingency led to different populations being selected for different things.

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Comment author: DanArmak 23 April 2016 01:42:35AM -2 points [-]

That's true, but I'm not sure what your point is here. How is different selection pressure related to the idea that environmental factors also influence outcomes? It's not as if everyone could evolve to perfectly overcome their local environmental challenges and have the same outcomes as everyone else.

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Comment author: DanArmak 23 April 2016 02:01:56AM -2 points [-]

That's true, and not news to me, but I still don't see why it makes sense as a reply or comment on what I said. HBD being true and a cause of differences in outcomes does not mean it is the only cause of those differences.

Comment author: sight2 25 April 2016 11:13:58PM 0 points [-]

How is different selection pressure related to the idea that environmental factors also influence outcomes?

Environmental factors cause selection pressure on humans. This is what causes HBD.

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