re: #171 Fozzie Bearre: #171 Fozzie Bear

What is “race”, other than genetic variability, in your estimation?

Classical writers often assumed what we are referring to as “cultural” in this thread to be racial characteristics. It might be interesting to construct an experiment and see, for example, if the Japanese aversion to eye contact is innate rather than learned, but somehow I doubt it could happen, for it would give the researcher proposing it a bad name, yes? Now you can see how the failure to pursue this sort of study could be something that holds science back.