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Evolution and racial differences resources
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8/22/2015 5:35:11 AM Posted: 1 year ago I was wondering what science thinks of the concept of races and especially if different groups of people evolved differently because of genetic drift and other evolutionary pressures on isolated populations. Any quick resources on this issue?
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8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM Posted: 1 year ago Scientifically, there is no such thing as race.
Fatihah: It's like your mother making spaghetti and after you taste it and don't like it, you say "well my mom must not exist". Not because their is no logical evidence but because she doesn't do what you want. |
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8/22/2015 2:26:16 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/22/2015 5:35:11 AM, Hardtruthmerchant wrote: My favorite books on this topic are The 10,000 Year Explosion and A Troublesome Inheritance. https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com... https://atroublesomeinheritance.files.wordpress.com... "In case anyone hasn't noticed it, the West is in extremis. The undertaker is checking his watch at the foot of its bed, and there's a sinister kettle of croaking, money-feathered vultures on the roof." |
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8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: What does that even mean? "In case anyone hasn't noticed it, the West is in extremis. The undertaker is checking his watch at the foot of its bed, and there's a sinister kettle of croaking, money-feathered vultures on the roof." |
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8/22/2015 5:16:24 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: The term "race" is an informal rank below subspecies, which is not formally recognized by biology. [https://en.wikipedia.org...] "Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe." - Frederick Douglass http://gotejas.com... |
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8/22/2015 5:21:09 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/22/2015 5:16:24 PM, tejretics wrote:At 8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: That's just arbitrary. "In case anyone hasn't noticed it, the West is in extremis. The undertaker is checking his watch at the foot of its bed, and there's a sinister kettle of croaking, money-feathered vultures on the roof." |
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8/22/2015 10:45:05 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/22/2015 5:21:09 PM, dylancatlow wrote:The thing is that most scientists on this field would agree that there are such things as "ethnic groups" but not races.At 8/22/2015 5:16:24 PM, tejretics wrote:At 8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: "Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire." F. Nietzsche. "Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently." R. Luxemburg. "The principle of the masochistic left is that, in general, two blacks make a white, half a loaf is the same as no bread." G. Orwell, paraphrase. "Islamophobia is a word created by fascists, used by cowards, to manipulate morons". Andrew Cummins. |
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8/23/2015 3:07:06 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/22/2015 5:21:09 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 5:16:24 PM, tejretics wrote:At 8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: Yes, exactly. :-) Fatihah: It's like your mother making spaghetti and after you taste it and don't like it, you say "well my mom must not exist". Not because their is no logical evidence but because she doesn't do what you want. |
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8/23/2015 11:31:29 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/22/2015 10:45:05 PM, HououinKyouma wrote: The thing is that most scientists on this field would agree that there are such things as "ethnic groups" but not races. Funny. They believe in ethnic groups but not race. Porn babes be distracting me. Dudes be stealing me stuff. I'm all about the cash from now. I'm not playing Jesus anymore. |
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8/23/2015 7:06:54 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/23/2015 3:07:06 AM, dee-em wrote:At 8/22/2015 5:21:09 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 5:16:24 PM, tejretics wrote:At 8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: Just because biology doesn't formally recognize the classification of "race" does not mean that it is a hollow concept. I mean, biology doesn't even recognize the concept of dog breeds. They could if they wanted to. "In case anyone hasn't noticed it, the West is in extremis. The undertaker is checking his watch at the foot of its bed, and there's a sinister kettle of croaking, money-feathered vultures on the roof." |
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8/24/2015 1:36:35 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/23/2015 7:06:54 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/23/2015 3:07:06 AM, dee-em wrote:At 8/22/2015 5:21:09 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 5:16:24 PM, tejretics wrote:At 8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: Yes Dylan, it's just about having the will not about the actual science. Lol. Fatihah: It's like your mother making spaghetti and after you taste it and don't like it, you say "well my mom must not exist". Not because their is no logical evidence but because she doesn't do what you want. |
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8/25/2015 8:34:49 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/23/2015 7:06:54 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/23/2015 3:07:06 AM, dee-em wrote:At 8/22/2015 5:21:09 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 5:16:24 PM, tejretics wrote:At 8/22/2015 2:33:31 PM, dylancatlow wrote:At 8/22/2015 7:07:25 AM, dee-em wrote: Yes there are races Dylan, but the concept is more sociological than scientific in the way that ordinary people understand it. This is because the intragroup differences are greater than the intergroup means' differences, and therefore the concept of race loses much biological sense: the term "population" is just as useful, so nobody has the need to duplicate it and even less with the negative connotation that the word "race" has acquired in modern times. |