# Pitting Honeybadger

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183 "2018-03-07T15:40:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/827 "2024-02-16T23:59:30Z")

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Sigh… after a suspension, he’s back. That’s not the problem, it’s that he’s banging one of his same old drums: his “certainty” that someone’s behavior can change their genes. Or, in his most recent post, “epi genetics” [sic].

> [@Animals that might be candidates for full domestication and why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-that-might-be-candidates-for-full-domestication-and-why/996508/143):
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> One possible key issue that may not be duplicated under lab conditions would be the effects of epi genetics on domestication. I have a feeling it has far more influence than simple selective breeding and could speed the process up considerably.

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