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Re:Genomic Analyses of Modern Dog Breed Development by undersuit on Thursday July 06, 2017 @11:29AM (#14711127)
Are you trying to make some kind of analogy to humans being limited to a certain skill set because of genetics? I hope I just reading too much into your reply to this thread.

Anyways, you can train poodles to be livestock guardians. http://www.vipoodle.org/HRP/VIP_herdingpoodles.html

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Re:Genomic Analyses of Modern Dog Breed Development by adrianN on Thursday July 06, 2017 @01:37PM (#14712206)
Are you implying that every human can do everything equally well? Talent is a thing. I wouldn't beat Usain Bolt no matter how much I trained.
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Re:Genomic Analyses of Modern Dog Breed Development by undersuit on Thursday July 06, 2017 @01:58PM (#14712380)
No, but I'm not implying that you can't train up to the 95% percentile. Not every dog can be Balthazar[1], but almost every single dog can be trained to sit. Not every human can be Albert Einstein, but almost every single one of them can learn Calculus.

[1]http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/23/britains-biggest-dog-is-7ft-an...

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Re:Genomic Analyses of Modern Dog Breed Development by halloij on Friday July 07, 2017 @03:56PM (#14721547)
> Are you trying to make some kind of analogy to humans being limited to a certain skill set because of genetics?

Of course I am. Do you think anyone can be a great basketball player?

Trying to pretend that all races are "the same" is blindness.

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