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Humanity's Genetic Diversity on the Decline
jd writes "In a study covering five different periods of history, from 300 AD to the present day, and geographically spread across much of Europe, scientists have extracted the mitochondrial DNA from a sizable number of individuals in an effort to examine changes in diversity. The results, published in the Royal Society journal is intriguing to say the least. 1700 years ago, three out of every four individuals belonged to a different haplotype. In modern Europe, the number is only one in three. The researchers blame a combination of plague, selection of dominant lineages and culturally-inflicted distortions. The researchers say more work needs to be done, but are unclear if this involves archaeology or experiments involving skewing the data in the local female population."
Well, if there is less diversity Euromericans, there must be more cousinfuckery going on, which would explain why people seem to get stupider and stupider, despite the availability of education and technology in the West*.
*Except in rural and urban capitalist areas where nobody cares if the poor are neither educated nor high tech...it ain't their fault.
Don't tell that to the "Political Correct" crowd. According to them, diversity is the panacea to all our problems.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
I agree with your point on the genetically disadvantaged now surviving well beyond any lifetime they might have had a few centuries ago. In essence, the gene pool is getting 'dirtier' and I can envision a future where more than half the world's population is crippled and deformed in some way. Maybe it will lead to a new genotype...or a world war with the handicapped pitted against the fit.
We don't know all the details of the Big Bang and of biogenesis. We do know that every scientific theory in the history of the world which involved imagining some sort of magical creature has turned out to be false. That's a pretty substantial track record to justify bias against magical nonexistent creatures.
A slashdotter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber.
What??? A high school principle who wouldn't obey the dictates of the Supreme Court? BURN HIM! ALL MUST OBEY!!!
Most importantly, it is the correct combination of genes that makes a successful organism as well as individual genes. 'Mixing' of groups of people is hugely advantageous for this reason.
Unfortunately, mixing a black with a white does not result in an athlete with the same IQ as the white.
Secondly, genes do not become lost when they combine with genes from another person to make a child. There is just a new combination of genes which can contribute to the whole genetic diversity of mankind. For example, we could take the idea that races should not interbreed a little further and say that people should not breed outside of their immediate family. The problem with this would be that genetic diversity could hardly ever increase, and by attrition mankind would be doomed. By separating races one creates several smaller separate gene-pools each of which is smaller than the original whole and hence more vulnerable.
Unfortunately, that is not true. For example, when you mix black with white, you get something that is not really black or white. Clearly, information is "lost" in the sense that two different components have averaged out.
Your 'fucking your sister' argument makes no sense because it is geographically distinct populations of people who define an ethnic group, not a single family. The analogy doesn't fit.
Thirdly, by separating the societies it would become genetically/evolutionarily advantageous for one race to think of or treat the others as subhumans. By this argument I claim that you have implicitly invoked Godwin's law.
So talking about the formation of separate ethnic groups and distinct races as a matter of historical fact invokes Godwin's law? Hilarious.
Also, I wish you luck procreating with your sister...
You sure seem to have a lot of sister fucking on your mind today.
Ooo, good guess, but it turns out I'm not any kind of moron at all, but thanks for asking.
So you say this and then directly contradict yourself in your next sentence..
But for the record, I'd rather have a high school principle shoving his beliefs on me than the Supreme Court shoving their beliefs on me, as I can always find a new high school principle.
Except that the principle is the only one shoving beliefs. The SC in this case is merely saying "look you anti American cunt, no shoving your bullshit beliefs on decent people".
Yet you think that preventing an asshole from shoving their beliefs on others is a form of oppression which is what I asked.
So, yes, you have proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that you are *exactly* the type of moron that I guessed that you were.
You could have just said "yes" and it would have saved time and you'd look a little less stupid right now.