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> Where I disagree with them is the idea that mentioning genetics at all makes me a) wrong and b) an advocate for racial purity. FWIW I don't have that impress
by computerthings 2y ago
> Where I disagree with them is the idea that mentioning genetics at all makes me a) wrong and b) an advocate for racial purity.
FWIW I don't have that impression, that's not what I'm arguing against, I just think the cultural factors (speaking the same language fluidly) are really so much more important that I'd even say they're the only thing that "really" matters. For example, how much does healthcare have to do with social cohesion? If there were no people with myopia or only people with myopia in a country, would they get along better?
Also, consider how women were and are neglected in medicine.
https://www.aamc.org/news/why-we-know-so-little-about-women-s-health https://www.aamc.org/news/why-we-know-so-little-about-women-...
Taking account of genetic differences seems mostly an issue of just actually doing it. If only women or men or Japanese people lived somewhere, the doctor could make a few, tiny, assumptions more. If people are mixed, they have to investigate what's in front of them, and while that may be a bit more work or more costly in a few instances, I think it would just make medicine more robust.
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