IIUC, this particular village was for testing specific genetic tendencies (Does it also have in it’s purpose to test epigenetic ones, or are those controlled for somehow?), there are presumably other villages where they use different setups to test various phases of upbringing and education on the matter, probably using twin studies to separate it form the genetic factors tested in this one.
Not just genetic tendencies; it was also meant to look at shared environment, like the TV shows subtly but thoroughly pushing a certain worldview, and the words from teachers saying it explicitly. From the story: they wanted “to find out how well we were doing environment-wise and heredity-wise on people’s kindness and resistance to conformity-pushed cruelty”.
IIUC, this particular village was for testing specific genetic tendencies (Does it also have in it’s purpose to test epigenetic ones, or are those controlled for somehow?), there are presumably other villages where they use different setups to test various phases of upbringing and education on the matter, probably using twin studies to separate it form the genetic factors tested in this one.
Not just genetic tendencies; it was also meant to look at shared environment, like the TV shows subtly but thoroughly pushing a certain worldview, and the words from teachers saying it explicitly. From the story: they wanted “to find out how well we were doing environment-wise and heredity-wise on people’s kindness and resistance to conformity-pushed cruelty”.
What affects epigenetics?