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by _nhynes 1908 days ago
I thought that the parent post was diplomatic and well hedged, given the sensitivity of the subject material: "one facet [...] certain interactions [...] can cause [...]." Furthermore, the thesis that biology affects fitness is well established and is indeed essential to the process of evolution. Nature cannot be discounted, but, as I think you intend to emphasize, it's not the end of the discussion when humans can do so much at the application layer.

> [...] acceptance that genders are different [...]

Males are going to have a hard time being wet nurses.

> [...] races are different [...]

The San and Inuit people have some very useful adaptations for their respective extreme environments.

It's kind of challenging to take sweeping offense to a statement phrased using an existential quantifier.