I saw what Scipio wrote. Honestly, when I looked at his little write-up I thought, “Well, if you give a woman superpowers are you telling me she won’t use it selfishly?” Come on, when you give someone the powers to lift cars she very well has a greater chance of being a superhero/villain just because of that.

But either way I really believe agression is more societal than genetic, and I applaud your disection of this study. Also, I too want to see the article 100 was talking about.

I can remember one of the biggest influences on my skepticism towards scientific studies - it was when my high school physics teacher explained to us the history of phrenology. It shook up my complacent teenage faith in the unshakeable authority of capital-S Science. Since then, I’ve learned about “hysteria” (as you mentioned), The Bell Curve, etc., and, well … Now I pretty much take scientific claims with as much a grain of salt as I do religious claims. We’re all self-interested, and that will always bias what we see as reality.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a copy of the article online. I only have my photocopy from class.