OccultHawk

Everything physical, and the brain is purely physical, is developed through nature and nurture. But then again, it's really just nature because nurture, like everything else, is a part of nature. By the way, your reasoning is really bizarre.

Isbjørn

Yeah, just felt like expressing my viewpoint.
*bows*

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grindy

That's what I'm thinking about yours.
Probably our different racial backgrounds are to blame for this conundrum.

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Oriphiel

OccultHawk, please stop. Like I said, there is no need for guess work on the subject of sub-racial attributes. Just take a few minutes to look into the subject. Forget about petty arguing and just do your homework. You'll quickly find that intelligence has never been linked to what you refer to as "race", and that the differences between cultures is so insignificant that humanity is scientifically classified as one singular race. Take a look, it's in a book.

Isbjørn

*shots fired*

I need sources, calling humanity a single race seems weird to me, aren't we a species?

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OccultHawk

I think it hasn't been studied properly because any scientist that broaches the subject is branded a Nazi. You're citing one book with a ridiculous premise so quit telling me I need to just swallow the status quo here.

Dylstew

Well, It was about Moroccan's and Turkish that immigrated to the Netherlands, and since most of them are muslim, I thought it'd be easier to say it that way, but you're right, It's a religion anyone of any race could be part of, and I was talking about two different countries, so I wrote it wrong.

Oriphiel

So you refuse to read the book, on the grounds that you don't like the premise? I'm beginning to think that you don't actually want to learn more about the subject. You just want to keep spouting hateful assumptions and opinions, without bothering to do any research. There are plenty of studies/books out there, and if they don't agree with your point of view, maybe you should entertain the possibility that your point of view is wrong. Regardless, please, stop fighting and just...


Oooh... nice album collection, owner of this random picture from google.

Lord Larehip

I'm racist against people who wear contacts. They should go back where they came from.

Oriphiel

If you're in a hurry, look no further than the wikipedia page: Race (human classification) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It's a long read, but it goes into the contraversy over use of the word "race" as opposed to "sub-species". But the general consensus is that the word "race" has incorrectly become associated with drastic differences between groups of humanity, differences that simply do not exist. That is why most scientists prefer the term "sub-species". Though it seems to be a minor difference, it is actually quite impactful. To a layman, this seems like kind of a frivolous change, pandering to the times by switching to a synonym. However, to really understand the difference, you have to look into studies and the attitudes that scientists have in their classifications. It's an interesting topic, and obviously Wikipedia is just a start if you're interested in the subject.

To sum it up, you could say that the attitudes have changed more than the word-swapping initially reveals.