Theory Implications

The Essential Difference theory has practical implications, for example:

     •  The relative sociability and nonviolence of women is not purely cultural in origin.
     •  The domination of technology by men is not purely the result of social bias.

To these the Gradient Correlation theory adds the following, in which inner means equatorial and close-to-species-origin, and outer means polar and remote-from-species-origin:

• The violent domination of the inner half of humanity by the outer half has been tragically probable during the transition from tribal to global eras on Earth.
• The domination of technology by the outer half of humanity is not purely the result of social bias.
• The tendency to violence -- both direct and indirect -- is a result of basic object properties and so a feature of all human brains.
• Inner and outer types are symbiotic: Dense and sparse need each other. Population and technology interdepend, for example.
• All humans are hybrids of inner and outer types.
• Personal difficulties can stem from genes poorly suited to local population density or to density-dependent social practices. For example, an autistic person may be ill-suited to practice an agrarian religion.

These are a sample of the theory's implications. Inspect the theory carefully yourself to test whether they are a matter of opinion -- or of insight.
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