Blackpill Can someone explain Epigenetics?

[luninyt]

What are they really? My mom had chiseled face while my mom has naturally round face, and people say these two traits don’t mix well

The reason I’m bringing this up is because apparently there’s a phenomenon where both parents are attractive and the child still comes out ugly, is this the result of epigenetics?

 

[LeFrenchCel]

Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes to the DNA sequence itself.


In short:Your DNA is the code — epigenetics is the control system that decides which genes are turned on/off, when, and how strongly — without rewriting the code.

Key Mechanisms​

Here are the main ways epigenetics works (illustrated below):

1. DNA methylation — adding methyl groups usually silences genes
2. Histone modifications (acetylation, methylation, etc.) — alter how tightly DNA is packed, turning genes on (loose) or off (tight)
3. Non-coding RNAs — help fine-tune or silence specific genes

Real-World Impact​

Epigenetics explains how environment & lifestyle (diet, stress, smoking, trauma) can influence gene activity — sometimes across generations — bridging nature and nurture.


Here’s a simple visual summary:

Nature vs. Nurture in Psychology



Bottom line: Same DNA, different outcomes — thanks to epigenetic switches!

 

[8CbZA-kHFu6pFgE*]

The reason I’m bringing this up is because apparently there’s a phenomenon where both parents are attractive and the child still comes out ugly, is this the result of epigenetics?

I think the term you are looking for here is Genetic Recombination

 

[VanGobbel]

My mom had chiseled face while my mom has naturally round face

just have 2 moms bro

 

[Nithingr]

What are they really? My mom had chiseled face while my mom has naturally round face, and people say these two traits don’t mix well

The reason I’m bringing this up is because apparently there’s a phenomenon where both parents are attractive and the child still comes out ugly, is this the result of epigenetics?

No one can cause all soyence is bullshit but anyway the functional definition is you inherit your ancestors traits but the environment can intervene with their expression.

To the extent of making you ugly, there's no way to know what level of biology is the cause, whether it's nutrition, radiation, genes, epigenetics, stress, bioelectricity, whatever. So epigenetics is just one way the environment alters biology.

It's cause soyence overhypes genes as an atheist "soul," so epigenetics makes it sound like you can interface with your "soul's" destiny. It's just a hypothetical biological layer. But someone can claim everything listed above has an epigenetic result, well so can everything above have a bioelectric result, a nutritive result, a stress result, all of them are affected.

Everything is intertwined, genes aren't some transcendent magic, it's just soyentism for "bloodline."

So can your environment affect your bloodline? Yes, obviously. If two people that don't look the same breed, something uglier will come out. Obviously. That's why purebreed animals are valued. Is that a result of the environment? No. Does this require soyence to understand? No.

 

[killedmycel]

All you need to know is that they don't matter to facial morphology like at all and if you don't believe me then just look up twins and triplets separated at birth and into different socioeconomic classes and notice how they still look exactly the same, actual genetics are everything and epigenetics are not even worth mentioning imo

 

[luninyt]

I think the term you are looking for here is Genetic Recombination

Yeah something like that