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so basically if we apply his "logic" it would be great if all the engineering firms and labs (as well as anyone capable of advancing civilization) disappeared into thin air, plunging humanity back to the Stone Age and going back to where we already are thousands of years later. Brilliant!

@salento We both know that any college Ivy league or not is a business and their primary goal is to make money. If it's more profitable to admit people with 2.5 GPA's or chipmunks they will gladly do so. The majority of the classes i took in college/University taught me how to waste money and...

Who are you to talk down on the Egyptians? They have influenced many and their contributions are numerous and off the charts. Ok i fold. The Indo Europeans built the pyramids. Happy now?

Razib's post saying "wow" without showing a picture of the poster or hinting what's on it is a bad sign

Different brain regions do different things. An English professor doesn't need a high (or even average) visual or mathematical iq, but that verbal iq obviously needs to shine. The opposite is true for someone in "STEM". My point is: for certain professions, you only need to be "smart" in a few...

My apartment doesn't have a dishwasher but I use paper plates and order out so germs aren't as much of an issue. And I could never understand people who enjoy bland food. I could never understand the hype surrounding "white meat" which to me tastes like nothing and unless you have bear teeth...

They didn't get the idea that Arabs are "small chinned" from anywhere. They don't like Arabs, they don't like Italians, they don't like Levantines, they don't like anyone who isn't an "ubermensch" so they do their best to make things up about them to get an "amen" from others with the same level...

Grandparent to grandchild???? Gross! Adding the effects of inbreeding plus the advanced age of the parent doesn't bode well for the offspring

The resemblance is there!

He was Greek, and he did not look Irish. The artwork at the top of this page hints at what he looked like: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ancient.eu/amp/1-265/

What really turns me red is when these t-rolls on anthro forums either get some sort of amnesia when shown data from reputable journals and carry on with their ideas or when they play anthro forum chess and say things like "well there's not enough samples" (when there are ), "the scientists are...

If you have enough talent you can master a skill with enough practice and talent does affect how quickly you can improve at something (or whether you improve at all). I can never be a lawyer bc I'm a slow reader and getting through legal docs would drive me crazy and I waste energy getting my...

Yes everyone in the Middle East all at once for some reason thought to themselves: "LETS GO TO ITALY" and thus they went and all was good. Let's not forget that ashkenazim are from Armenia in eastern turkey.. elhaik had the same conclusion!! Brilliant man btw. Now go off and spread the word...

Well a good model that fits nicely can be totally wrong in terms of history and actual real ancestry

Every time I eat bread that isn't soft as a cloud i find myself fighting to rip a piece off and chewing it is a chore. I usually end up smothering whatever I eat with condiments to not only add flavor but to soften it up as well. I can't eat a thick steak without adding ketchup or some other...

I love soft American bread but then again I prefer soft foods over "hard" foods. Covering a slice with baked beans and mustard is always a pleasure especially with a can of coke lol. I would probably end up pouring butter all over harder breads like the Egyptian bread. I cant eat it like that

Academic papers conclude that Ashkenazi are a Levantine/South Euro population with minor central and Eastern European ancestry

Games that make it difficult to progress unless you level up via their harsh leveling system. This isn't new to people who played a lot of RPG type games but it still annoys me. I bought dark souls 3 for PS4 about 2 weeks ago and each time you level up it costs an insane amount of "souls" to...

Well then again even I aced the test and I don't even know what's taught in civics classes

Citizens of this planet Disclaimer: Its ok to identify with any ancient civilization! Its just that in my case, my mixed ancestry makes it difficult to choose a civilization to feel part of.