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We identify the biodiversity in other species. Don't see why it's a surprise to see the same curiosity in relation to humans. Especially when you see a number of social policies based on ignorance.

I suspect in part it's because geeks can think for themselves and look past taboos (eg. HBD is pretty logical and evidence based once you look at it)

Too a large extent they are unfortunately. I think that will be gradually accepted as the costs of genome sequencing fall.

Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Implications of cognitive differences for schooling within diverse societies. Pages 517-554 in C. L. Frisby & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology. New York: Wiley.

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On that basis the Dalai Lama is too, as is Benjamin Netanyahu. It seems its human nature around the world to want to protect/preserve your culture and society.

Who is they?

What I find amazing is that people are surprised that group differences have arisen over the last 50,000 years. Gene-culture coevolution makes it seem inevitable that different cultures will favor different traits. Therefore you're going to see some average differences.

There are obvious examples, a more polygamous society where women do more of the work (eg female farming systems) with lower paternal investment, might favor different traits to those where there is State control, monogamy and greater paternal investment.

I'd recommend that you read some posts by Steve Hsu, Peter Frost, or 'The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution'.