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The belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically.

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  • We are also in an age where, in fantasy, the geneticism of Monsters has been normalized.
  • The argument can be challenged in at least two ways that are consistent with (though need not entail) geneticism.
  • The end of the 20th century brought discoveries that have challenged the most the prevailing geneticism, and have also begun to replace the extreme forms of either...
  • Anderson's answer contained quite a bit of unproved geneticism because he assumed that H-1Bs have superior genes compared to Americans, and he seemed to imply that the...
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