Comment on Anon watches Game of Thrones
stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day agoThat article doesn’t support your argument. The effect isn’t based on relation but on being raised together before the age of 6.
Comment on Anon watches Game of Thrones
stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day agoThat article doesn’t support your argument. The effect isn’t based on relation but on being raised together before the age of 6.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Well yeah, but that is still “biologically ingrained to avoid incest”, since being raised separately and then reintroduced as adults is an edge case. The effect is biological even if what it’s directly testing for isn’t genetics.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, your arguments about cultural and learned behavior not biologically ingrained Behavior.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
From the above linked article:
And lots of other examples across different cultures that would be consistent with this being an instinctual reaction of humans, rather than a cultural thing that is taught.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How on Earth do you think that reflects a biological imperative? If anything doesn’t it suggest the opposite? A biological connection resulting in an aversion to coupling would mean the absence of a biological connection should not result in aversion. Yet your example showed that the biological connection was not a factor at all.
ICastFist@programming.dev 20 hours ago
That quoted paragraph is a pretty clear indication that the “instinctual reaction” only happens with people you’ve lived with up to the age 6, which isn’t exclusive to people you’re related by blood. Hell, the following wiki paragraph makes that clear:
So, if you don’t grow up with your siblings during those formative years, or see them only on occasion, it is expected to be attracted to them, as per that hypothesis. It’s also important to note that marriages aren’t a simple matter of choosing whoever you like most, there are social and economic considerations to be accounted for.