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The genetic populations people belong to match their self-declared racial groups extremely well. I don't remember the exact number, but the match is over ninety percent. Calling something a social construct isn't that meaningful. In other words, …
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Calling something a social construct usually isn't helpful. Most persons who make such claims are obfuscating rather than clarifying. Everything is a social construct in the sense that a complex reality is getting mapped onto symbols. Race is as …
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Go back about nine generations and, according to 23andMe, I have a North African ancestor. Go back about ten and I have a Japanese ancestor. Next census I might claim to be an African-Asian-Caucasian mix. Or maybe I'll check other and claim Keltic …
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Media Likely to Fall for Trump's Trap on Warren
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76-year-old Tries to Attack Son with Chainsaw, Son Runs Him Over with Lawn Mower
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So, is weis all right?
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Kangaroo launches savage attack on family in Queensland
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Witches to Hex Justice Kavanaugh in Occult Ritual in NYC
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I've heard before about estrogen getting into the water, but the antidepressant news is new to me.
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You are being disingenuous.
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Good God! I have enough to feel guilty about.
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He was talking about more than one senator.
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I'm surprised you find it stupid. The insanity of the rhetoric is such that I find his fear reasonable.
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As far as I can tell, Republicans are angry, too.
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I'm interested in seeing whether the Republican backlash or the Democrat backlash turns out more voters this November.
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The Grievance Studies Scandal: Five Academics Respond Sailer: Sokal Hoax of 2018 Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship
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If I have nightmares, I'm blaming you.
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Forget Nature Versus Nurture. Nature Has Won
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I get to make up the rules, but I then need to be rational about the consequences of those rules. It bugs me when authors don't follow up on the implications of their world building. Anyway, the base world is our world. I'm not sure yet on the ex…
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Thanks guys. I still need to come up a plausible fraction of the population that would take the risk. It will matter to the world building. The idea is that magic has spent a long time away but has now quietly returned. (Magic is an entity, by th…
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I'm kicking around some ideas for a fantasy novel. One of the ideas is that anyone can become a wizard, mage, sorcerer, etc., but in order to do so they must go through an agonizing ritual that has a fifty percent chance of death if you are young an…
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Man who posed as a housewife pleads guilty to making secret sex tapes with 150 men
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So, do you believe it is prehistoric porn or a sex education tool? Ain Sakhri lovers figurine Also, Wikipedia
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The Vibrator's Origin Story Is Fantastically Scandalous, But It's Also Probably Fake
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This is different: Cheerleader pummels girl who challenges her to fight
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Sexually frustrated dolphin named Zafar terrorises tourists on French beach
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We are nearly to the point where embryo selection will be feasible. I can foresee parents being socially blamed for having children with known genetic problems, but holding them legally responsible is a higher hurdle.
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As a statement that broad, I don't see anything to argue with.
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@filious said: No no, you set the bar for worthy immigration as immigrants that are a net benefit to citizens. There's innumerable examples of immigrants providing a net benefit, why kick out legal immigrants before they've had the time to provi…