'Warrior Gene'

'Warrior Gene' Linked To Gang Membership, Weapon Use

Another peace of interesting research showing links between very complex behaviors (such as violence) and genotype. It's my view that over the coming decades we will develop to means to explain many other behaviors - such as religiosity.

 

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And "cure" them.

Have you ever read "A Clockwork Orange"?

 

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Wouldn't the "warrior gene" be the one that codes for the protein testosterone?

 

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seems like military recruiters would be hitting those guys hard and heavy then.

 

The study found that 43% of the male population has the gene.

 

I suspect they would, if they had any way of knowing who had it.

 

I must have at least a thousand warrior genes.

 

....which just goes to show that it’s not valid to ascribe complex psychological human traits to the action of single genes.

 

Maybe, but the ideal soldier is almost never the ultimate warrior.

 

True that.

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due to what? smarts?