Most people lack a basic understanding of words. As such some words can take on a virtually magical meaning. "Scientific" is one such word. You can pull a fact out of your ass but if you say "This fact was determined through a scientific process" many people will feel inclined to believe you. Another such word is "genetic." Now days everything is related to genetics. the genetic problem is compound by the fact that most things involving genetics are also scientific.
I was speaking with a fellow recently who claimed to have scientific proof that blacks were genetically inferior. He then presented this proof- which consisted primarily of socioeconomic trends and base cultural practices with which he disagreed- and spouted that because these trends tended to prevail in black people it must be related to their genes. I merely pointed out that the trends tended to prevail in poor people- regardless of race- and the trend that blacks display a lesser degree of financial solvency was related more to a couple hundred years of repression, oppression, slavery, interference, discrimination, extermination, and what not ever else people felt inclined to throw their way than to an "implied" genetic suceptability to violence, lazyness, or dishonesty.
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