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<blockquote data-quote="Schwarzwald" data-source="post: 65890" data-attributes="member: 544">I hear you, but we’re definitely just circling the drain at this point. You&#039;re leaning hard on that list of alleles, but you’re missing the forest for the trees. Those genome-wide studies (like the 2018 one you cited) explicitly state that these markers only explain a tiny fraction of the variation in &quot;intelligence&quot; and are heavily dependent on the environment they were studied in. Using them to claim one group is &quot;inherently&quot; smarter is like trying to explain a whole movie by looking at three pixels on the screen.You keep asking me for a list of &quot;African alleles,&quot; but that’s a trap because genetics doesn&#039;t work in silos. Africa has the highest genetic diversity on the planet, meaning there are more variations of every type of gene there than anywhere else. I don&#039;t need to list &quot;special&quot; ones to prove a point when the basic math of 99.9% shared DNA already does that for me.As for the Mali Empire, calling it &quot;Saudi Arabia&quot; just to dismiss it is a huge stretch. Managing a global resource and building world-class universities in the 1300s isn&#039;t &quot;having it easy&quot;—it’s called running a successful civilization. You can say the Mongols had it harder, but they didn&#039;t leave behind a single library or hospital, so what does that tell you about their &quot;long-term planning&quot;?The British were living in mud while the Romans had running water, and the Chinese had gunpowder while Europeans were still using bows. Civilizations rise and fall based on geography, trade, and timing, not &quot;ghost&quot; genes. You can keep your spreadsheets and your /pol/ memes, but they don&#039;t change the fact that real-world history doesn&#039;t fit your theory. I’m done repeating myself. Take the L and have a good one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Schwarzwald, post: 65890, member: 544"] I hear you, but we’re definitely just circling the drain at this point. You're leaning hard on that list of alleles, but you’re missing the forest for the trees. Those genome-wide studies (like the 2018 one you cited) explicitly state that these markers only explain a tiny fraction of the variation in "intelligence" and are heavily dependent on the environment they were studied in. Using them to claim one group is "inherently" smarter is like trying to explain a whole movie by looking at three pixels on the screen. You keep asking me for a list of "African alleles," but that’s a trap because genetics doesn't work in silos. Africa has the highest genetic diversity on the planet, meaning there are more variations of every type of gene there than anywhere else. I don't need to list "special" ones to prove a point when the basic math of 99.9% shared DNA already does that for me. As for the Mali Empire, calling it "Saudi Arabia" just to dismiss it is a huge stretch. Managing a global resource and building world-class universities in the 1300s isn't "having it easy"—it’s called running a successful civilization. You can say the Mongols had it harder, but they didn't leave behind a single library or hospital, so what does that tell you about their "long-term planning"? The British were living in mud while the Romans had running water, and the Chinese had gunpowder while Europeans were still using bows. Civilizations rise and fall based on geography, trade, and timing, not "ghost" genes. You can keep your spreadsheets and your /pol/ memes, but they don't change the fact that real-world history doesn't fit your theory. I’m done repeating myself. Take the L and have a good one. [/QUOTE]

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