What's the hypothesis, here?

Post #387,188 by pwhysall 3/4/14 9:54:42 AM Reply	What's the hypothesis, here? Before you go off and study the genes responsible for mental illness in a homosexual population, what would attract you to this line of investigation? There's no riddle. Some people like crazy buttsecks, or drinking from the furry cup. Some people don't. We is what we is. What would you do with the answer if you got one? Tell all those poor gays that it's OK, they're just insane in the brain? You might just as profitably investigate why some colonial weirdos like Vegemite and Superior Imperial Beings prefer Marmite. And finally: if it's not a choice, why do you advocate discriminating on the basis of it?
Post #387,189 by mmoffitt 3/4/14 10:13:16 AM Reply	Re: what would attract you to this line of investigation? Because it was once classified as a mental illness. Having it striken from the list of diagnoses had absolutely nothing to do with science.
Post #387,190 by boxley 3/4/14 10:21:05 AM Reply	exactly, same as being lefthanded is no longer considered a mental illness. Should have left it in for more study Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #387,195 by mmoffitt 3/4/14 11:45:25 AM Reply	Um. Somebody did continue study: http://www.medicalne...ticles/267047.php
Post #387,192 by pwhysall 3/4/14 10:24:30 AM Reply	So you want to check whether it still is a mental illness?
Post #387,194 by drook 3/4/14 10:29:52 AM Reply	If we must keep this up, new thread please? -- Drew
Post #387,197 by crazy 3/4/14 12:55:52 PM Reply	Because if it an illness, it might be fixable or prevented Normal vs not normal line of thought gets him in trouble. But if it is an illness, he can claim he simply wants sick people to get better as a rationalization for simply wanting to oppress those that make him uncomfortable. Here, I'll run with it. There are all kinds of genetic variations that may end up being harmful to the individual, while being beneficial to the population at large. Like sickle cell anemia, which protects against malaria. In this case (the "gay" gene (or groupings which tend toward it)), a portion of the population has ended up with genes that may be individually harmful (assholes abuse them because they carry this trait), while also being beneficial to society in general (it allows the rest of us to identify the assholes).
Post #387,198 by drook 3/4/14 1:03:24 PM Reply	New. Thread. Please. -- Drew

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