Re:India Loses Contact with Probe Just as It Prepares to Lan...
by MiroF on Sunday September 08, 2019 @09:06AM
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The other poster is speaking from the large consensus among biologists whereas you are speaking from/citing...?
Should I just presume you to be correct on race unless proven wrong?
Re:India Loses Contact with Probe Just as It Prepares to Lan...
by DuskStar on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:10PM
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What terms would you prefer to use to describe different clusters of phenotypes? Or do you deny the existence of different clusters of phenotypes in humans?
It doesn't have to be "race", since that's a really loaded word. "Ancestry" and "heritage" seem to be more popular modern equivalents. But do we really use either of those differently than people 100 years ago would have used "race", or are we just powering down the euphemism treadmill?
I really think the main problem in this comment chain is that we're using different definitions and talking past each other.
For that matter, you seem to be conceding the point that there are different groups of people similar to those commonly referred to as "races" that have discernibly different traits - in this case nucleotide diversity.
In other words, I do not think that your paper does not support your assertion that races do not exist. (And also completely failed to address the "these specific traits are significant and associated with particular races" component of my argument)