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Some of the nitpicking is funny, but the lede is kind of terrible: "Imagine if people from Kansas and California were as genetically distinct from each other as
by panglott 10y ago
Some of the nitpicking is funny, but the lede is kind of terrible: "Imagine if people from Kansas and California were as genetically distinct from each other as someone from Germany is from someone from Japan."
Just imagine if California contained people as genetically distinct as a person from Germany and a person from Japan!
- kbenson 10y agoI understand what the lede is trying to say, and I understand what the average (that is, mean) person probably thinks. Take a random person from that place. I think it's more likely the author meant take the median, or even better for diverse locations, the mode. This is exacerbated by the believe of Americans (myself included) that we are a uniquely diverse place, reinforced by our education and mythology. We're diverse. We aren't that diverse. P.S. It is rather funny that California was used in that example rather than some other state. It's one of the few states approaching the level where the majority population will soon buy Hispanic, if it isn't already, making the statement somewhat pointless.