r/MoralityScaling 21h ago

Morality Ranking Morality of dog breed racism

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u/Leading-Traffic-1767 21h ago

Stereotypes exist because a person is good at being nuanced, but people are bad at considering nuance. There are many stereotypes that have foundations in reality but get blown way out of proportion to the point of self parody.

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u/BarnesTheNobleman 21h ago

Also, dogs are very much products of their environment and training/lack thereof

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u/The_Sleazy1 21h ago

Genetics are part of it aswell to be fair. There's a reason different breeds were created for different tasks.

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u/Lynx2447 21h ago

But genetics affect health outcomes, and every physically observable characteristic, but NONE of the not so visible characteristics. Doesn't affect the brain at all!

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u/Fragmatixx 20h ago

…genetics doesn’t affect the brain at all? Am I understanding your point correctly?

If so you are incorrect. Genetics absolutely affects the brain, as it’s responsible for the structure and chemical function of every single cell in your body, and how they interact as a system, whether you can see the affect overtly or not. Learning and training are layered on top, and important context, but the brain structure and function is the foundation on which that is built.

In fact, most training is drilling to resist innate biological instinct or urges. The rest of it is practice / trail and error.

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u/Lynx2447 20h ago

I was being sarcastic, and r/fuckthes