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Asked&Answered: Kevin Smith

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10/07/2020 Added
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UNL political scientist Kevin Smith talks about the connection between genetics and political polarization.

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  • [00:00:00.232](rhythmic music)
  • [00:00:03.760]Genetics is not destiny.
  • [00:00:06.750]Genetics help predispose you to react certain ways
  • [00:00:11.790]to whatever stimuli you find in your environment.
  • [00:00:15.330]Basically, what it does is it nudges the probabilities
  • [00:00:18.220]one way or the other to how you'll react to a message
  • [00:00:23.424]or a stimulus in your environment.
  • [00:00:26.302]And if you're in an environment where a lot of the stimuli
  • [00:00:29.400]and a lot of the messages
  • [00:00:31.523]are playing on people's innate predispositions
  • [00:00:36.920]to move in polarized directions, you know what?
  • [00:00:40.030]You're gonna end up with a polarized society.
  • [00:00:43.030]And I think that's exactly where we are right now.
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