BF2S Forums Is there a physiological difference (genetic) between the races ?

kr@cker wrote:

I think what he was trying to say is that overall the caucasian culture has had the heaviest hand in technological developement, again due to environment, throughout history the need to explore has gone hand in hand with the need to invent (as well as war), and the mostly caucsian societies have continued to explore long after arab and asian cultures turned isolationist, in effect creating their own "dark ages" as the europeans did when they decided that nothing else could be discovered (what the hell was up with that?), I don't necessarily believe it's a matter of genetics, as a matter of culture, it was just coincidence that the "white" culture was the one to be the most exploratory, it african nations had been the most exploratory/colonial than they would have been the most technological, keep in mind, many of the examples you listed are ancient and some disputable


and gunpowder was a failed attempt by chinese monks trying to formulate an aphrodesiac.......OUCH!!

But the J-10 is superior to the F35B.

Yeah, currently, the Western world has the advantage.  Just give it time though.  Some interesting stuff are coming out from Indian and Chinese minds...  Plenty of innovations coming out from Asia.

Makes you wonder how different life would be if Attila managed to completely conquer Europe.

Last edited by Ilocano (2006-07-14 09:06:25)

Look, 95% of the arguments have been BS. Basically whatever preconceptions you have about race and identity, the scientific fact is:

BY LOOKING AT SOMEONE'S GENES / DNA, YOU CAN NOT TELL WHAT RACE THEY ARE

There is no genetic code for race. We are all the same at that level. You cannot predict someone's behaviour or personality or anything about a person / culture by looking at their DNA.

That should really be the end of the argument but I know that a lot of people won't think so. Arguments are rarely won by science and usually won by whoever shouts the loudest and longest. Go for it.

If anyone is interested in why it's been Causasian people treating the rest of the world like crap and not vice versa, there's a few great books including

- "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond, about why it was Europe doing the invading

- "1421: The Year China Discovered The World", basically China sent a massive fleet around the globe long before anyone

There are others but these two give you the main ideas.

edit: Glad to see other people mentioned Guns Germs and Steel

Last edited by he_who_says_zonk (2006-07-14 08:51:22)

kr@cker wrote:

how can you possibly say that DNA has nothing to do with a persons physiology, DNA IS physiology, and genetic evolution is a direct result of adaptation to environment, find any biologist not scared of being politically incorrect, and they will tell you the same

qft

Just because we can't tell by looking at their DNA doesn't mean that the information isn't there.  We looked at the sky forever and knew that the sun orbitted us.  We roamed the earth for millenia and knew that it was flat.  The fact that we can't tell race from looking at genetic code is a testament to our relative ignorance to it, not to the lack of information.  The genetic code contains EVERYTHING which determines how you look and your disposition to health risks even.  One day we will be able to simply look at that code and figure out exactly what someone would look like.  Just becasue we can't now doesn't mean anything other than the knowledge eludes us.

Last edited by puckmercury (2006-07-14 11:35:15)