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Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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Re: Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the most important statement in the paper.

Let's pretend I don't have a PhD and don't know what that statement means though, can I get a summary?

It means the result could plausibly have occurred just by chance. The odds may be against it being chance, but it is at least plausible.

Re: Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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post #4

I suspect that as we come to better understand genetics, we (as a society) are going to be more and more uncomfortable with the findings that we uncover. Physics and mathematics have made it long since clear that the universe is deterministic, that all the answers lie in the genes and atoms and equations we are made up of. The implications of this are dire - our society is built on exactly the opposite foundations; l…

> Physics and mathematics have made it long since clear that the universe is deterministic

Except none of them have any idea whats really going on...

Re: Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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post #4

I suspect that as we come to better understand genetics, we (as a society) are going to be more and more uncomfortable with the findings that we uncover. Physics and mathematics have made it long since clear that the universe is deterministic, that all the answers lie in the genes and atoms and equations we are made up of. The implications of this are dire - our society is built on exactly the opposite foundations; l…

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Re: Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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"We detected several promising regions of multiple SNPs in the 10^−5 to 10^−7p-value range, as seen in the Manhattan plot (Fig. 1), though no SNP reached genome-wide significance (5 × 10^−8)."

How is genome-wide significance estimated?

Re: Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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post #4

I suspect that as we come to better understand genetics, we (as a society) are going to be more and more uncomfortable with the findings that we uncover. Physics and mathematics have made it long since clear that the universe is deterministic, that all the answers lie in the genes and atoms and equations we are made up of. The implications of this are dire - our society is built on exactly the opposite foundations; l…

> Physics and mathematics have made it long since clear that the universe is deterministic

Have they?

Re: Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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post #4

I suspect that as we come to better understand genetics, we (as a society) are going to be more and more uncomfortable with the findings that we uncover. Physics and mathematics have made it long since clear that the universe is deterministic, that all the answers lie in the genes and atoms and equations we are made up of. The implications of this are dire - our society is built on exactly the opposite foundations; l…

The universe can be deterministic and still practically unknowable.

Chaos theory: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory

Re: Two genes in Chromosomes 13 and 14, linked to Homosexuality

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First critique that immediately comes to mind is how the 1,077 homosexual men and 1,231 heterosexual men were selected. If Republicans have taught us anything, it's that self-reporting is not an accurate measure.

From the paper: "classified men as homosexual based on both their self-reported sexual identity and sexual feelings"

Furthermore, how does this study explain sexual fluidity? IE: I liked kissing boys when I was 13 but I married a woman at 25?

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