Comments on: Human Evolution Has Sped Up Faster than Ever! http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Lea http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-347557 Lea Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:44:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-347557 sexist too sexist too

]]> By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-347194 Chris Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:24:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-347194 or maybe the rate at which we release chemicals in nature is increasing gemetical modifications?..... I'm not saying for the study, but for the picture, I saw it when I was a naive [white] kid and did not understand more then evolution. I think I would have expected to find a Asian guy in the same picture in Japan for example... Saying it's racist would be the same that saying it's sexist because it's picturing a man and not a woman. or maybe the rate at which we release chemicals in nature is increasing gemetical modifications?…..

I’m not saying for the study, but for the picture, I saw it when I was a naive [white] kid and did not understand more then evolution. I think I would have expected to find a Asian guy in the same picture in Japan for example… Saying it’s racist would be the same that saying it’s sexist because it’s picturing a man and not a woman.

]]> By: Johnald_Chaffinch http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346842 Johnald_Chaffinch Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:30:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346842 *extraordinary this is sensationalism on just one study. the author also was partly responsible for this other study - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Intelligence there's nothing different from what you'd expect, there are inherited genetic differences over time, and that's it. *extraordinary

this is sensationalism on just one study.
the author also was partly responsible for this other study - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Intelligence

there’s nothing different from what you’d expect, there are inherited genetic differences over time, and that’s it.

]]> By: Edward http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346620 Edward Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:13:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346620 Let me summarize and second Disappointed's comments. The interpretation is bullshit. As for the study itself, extrodanary claims require extrodanry proof. This falls far short. Let me summarize and second Disappointed’s comments. The interpretation is bullshit.

As for the study itself, extrodanary claims require extrodanry proof. This falls far short.

]]> By: Poola http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346581 Poola Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:35:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346581 Hey maybe human obesity is then just another step of evolution! Hey maybe human obesity is then just another step of evolution!

]]> By: Disappointed http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346390 Disappointed Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:46:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/15/human-evolution-has-sped-up-faster-than-ever/#comment-346390 Are white people the endpoint of human physical evolution? The graphic you've used is itself a piece of racist fantasy that reinforces Euro-types that they represent the preeminent expression of evolutionary fitness. This is claptrap. Concepts like temperment are inherently contested and have little explanatory value The claims made in the BBC piece generalized so far beyond whatever data they've mustered that at best it's a excursion of psuedo-science. But I'd wager that it's better understood as another piece of white racism passing for ignorance. These geneticists utilize a logic that's not dissimilar from creationists. The zeal with which these folks dismiss the role culture plays is mind bongling. Are white people the endpoint of human physical evolution? The graphic you’ve used is itself a piece of racist fantasy that reinforces Euro-types that they represent the preeminent expression of evolutionary fitness.

This is claptrap.

Concepts like temperment are inherently contested and have little explanatory value

The claims made in the BBC piece generalized so far beyond whatever data they’ve mustered that at best it’s a excursion of psuedo-science. But I’d wager that it’s better understood as another piece of white racism passing for ignorance.

These geneticists utilize a logic that’s not dissimilar from creationists. The zeal with which these folks dismiss the role culture plays is mind bongling.

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