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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by lepukowsky on Saturday November 09, 2013 @05:26AM (#6701273)
That makes no sense. How could one group possibly slowly evolve over a great period of time to be any different than anyone else?
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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by ckuehne on Saturday November 09, 2013 @05:49AM (#6701307)
What exactly do you think "makes no sense"? That two groups could evolve different traits over time? If so, how would you explain differences in skin color between West Africans and Northern Europeans? Or differences in lactose tolerance between different ethnic groups [1]?

[1] http://www.foodreactions.org/intolerance/lactose/prevalence....

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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by lepukowsky on Saturday November 09, 2013 @04:04PM (#6703210)
Because I live in a western liberal democracy and have been indoctrinated to believe that differences between cultures have no qualitative bearing, they are merely choices among equal values, and as such I cannot possibly comprehend such blatant facts.

Please tell me you knew I was being sarcastic...

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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by ckuehne on Saturday November 09, 2013 @04:21PM (#6703292)
Well, I was going to add "EDIT: Or are you just being sarcastic?". Twice. But I didn't. After all, it's Hacker News.
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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by MadDog55 on Saturday November 09, 2013 @06:05AM (#6701325)
Hilariously, I think he is just high. Read through his other posts.
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Re:Surnames offer depressing clues to extent of social mobil... by barry-cotter on Saturday November 09, 2013 @06:03AM (#6701322)
Bravo, you have just disproved evolution.
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