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Situation rectified. He was alone there, except for Bob Dornan and that's not a fate I'd inflict on anyone.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland
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Originally posted by Kidicious
I'll take my Anthrology professors word for it. He taught us that there is no such thing as actual race, and therefore there is no difference in intellegence between "races." I've always been satisfied with that and I've never had a reason to question it. Why should I?
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I think Q Cubed is trying to see how many times he can brag about being asian without people getting upset. You can do it forever because no one cares. People only get offended whenwhitepeople brag about being white.
Not really. I've actually managed to brag about being white in places where being white isn't too beneficial.
'Course, it also helps that I don't look white.
RICE CRACKAS REPREZENT!
Asians.
(And I'm not bragging, I'm just having fun here.)B♭3
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Anthropology, if it can't explain something there are clearly no differences. Say if anthropology can't explain why some "races" have certain different facial (or other) features, they don't exist. Keep saying that.
Where did I say that? I said that John's "logic," that just because there's variation between "races" in things like skin color means that there's variation in intelligence is absurd.
Biology can easily explain differing facial characteristics: genetic drift, which is fairly important since these characteristics are controlled by a relatively small number of genes (unlike intelligence). And you very well may have a gradient in selective pressures on facial characteristics - certain nose geometries may be slightly more efficient in breathing, for instance."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-Bokonon
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Originally posted by Q Cubed
I think Q Cubed is trying to see how many times he can brag about being asian without people getting upset. You can do it forever because no one cares. People only get offended whenwhitepeople brag about being white.
Not really. I've actually managed to brag about being white in places where being white isn't too beneficial.
'Course, it also helps that I don't look white.
RICE CRACKAS REPREZENT!
Asians.
(And I'm not bragging, I'm just having fun here.)I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by reds4ever
But why do you have a problem with other people questioning it? Were not all lucky enough to have been exposed to the dogma of your 'Anthrology' professor.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Q Cubed
I don't really, but a lot of the people who do these studies are clearly racist, like the people who wrote the Bell Curve. The Bell Curve is nothing but racist propaganda under the cover of scientific study.
How so?I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Having fun with your strawman?
There is a difference between arguing for a "blank slate" and disagreeing with "biology is destiny."
Middle ground:
B@stards who wrote The Bell Curve:
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Originally posted by Ramo
Anthropology, if it can't explain something there are clearly no differences. Say if anthropology can't explain why some "races" have certain different facial (or other) features, they don't exist. Keep saying that.
Where did I say that? I said that John's "logic," that just because there's variation between "races" in things like skin color means that there's variation in intelligence is absurd.
Biology can easily explain differing facial characteristics: genetic drift, which is fairly important since these characteristics are controlled by a relatively small number of genes (unlike intelligence). And you very well may have a gradient in selective pressures on facial characteristics - certain nose geometries may be slightly more efficient in breathing, for instance.
I wouldn't say I agree about the "measurable" part thought, I wouldn't know enough about it, but who does really. Just because he uses variances that are so easily dismissed by your beliefs doesn't mean there are others that can't simply be explained away.
Also, may have x2, breathing, that's it? Don't concentrate on the face let alone nose, that's not all. Hell I wouldn't even know half, I bet nobody knows all. Yes we should both know they all can't be explained.
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