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> The issue is that racial categories are completely arbitrary to begin with It's not entirely arbitrary. If you run a clustering algorithm on the human genome
by fvdessen 8y ago
> The issue is that racial categories are completely arbitrary to begin with
It's not entirely arbitrary. If you run a clustering algorithm on the human genome you get clusters that match quite well the usual definition of races and ethnicities.
- AnthonyMouse 8y agoYou get clusters that match quite well with geographic origin for obvious reasons. But that isn't race. Irish, Sicilians and Kazakhstanis will be in three different clusters even though they're all supposed to be the same "race".