Parenting matters a lot in areas that are not being measured by psyshometricians. Religion, table manners, personal hygiene, etc. are traits that are transmitted mainly through nurture. Yes, the first law of behavior genetics says that very trait is heritable, including religiosity. But parents are the ones that teach their kids to brush…
Parenting matters a lot in areas that are not being measured by psyshometricians. Religion, table manners, personal hygiene, etc. are traits that are transmitted mainly through nurture. Yes, the first law of behavior genetics says that very trait is heritable, including religiosity. But parents are the ones that teach their kids to brush their teeth after every meal. Not all cultures teach this.
And ultimately these behaviors that are taught at home are what defines a culture.
Grooming is much more influenced by peers and culture, not parents. If most kids followed their parents' advice on grooming past puberty (which virtually none of them do, and often get into major arguments with their parents about that very issue), they'd all look like huge dorks.
Take a typical secular ashkenazi jew and a typical chassidic jew. If you look closely, you can see underlying similarities, but at a prety obvious level they are very different. Some of the nature-only polemic boils down to saying these differences aren't important because tests haven't been devised to measure them.
Then you compare Ashkenazi jews with other Ashkenazi jews and Chassidic jews with other Chassidic jews, they're obviously very different within the groups.
Parenting matters a lot in areas that are not being measured by psyshometricians. Religion, table manners, personal hygiene, etc. are traits that are transmitted mainly through nurture. Yes, the first law of behavior genetics says that very trait is heritable, including religiosity. But parents are the ones that teach their kids to brush their teeth after every meal. Not all cultures teach this.
And ultimately these behaviors that are taught at home are what defines a culture.
Grooming is much more influenced by peers and culture, not parents. If most kids followed their parents' advice on grooming past puberty (which virtually none of them do, and often get into major arguments with their parents about that very issue), they'd all look like huge dorks.
"Religion, table manners, personal hygiene, etc. are traits that are transmitted mainly through nurture. "
Evidence? From all you know they simply inherit what their parents will do in a given culture.
Take a typical secular ashkenazi jew and a typical chassidic jew. If you look closely, you can see underlying similarities, but at a prety obvious level they are very different. Some of the nature-only polemic boils down to saying these differences aren't important because tests haven't been devised to measure them.
Then you compare Ashkenazi jews with other Ashkenazi jews and Chassidic jews with other Chassidic jews, they're obviously very different within the groups.