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Why choose to believe this in spite of actual evidence to the contrary? People have Neanderthal DNA inside of them. We're in a thread about an article demonstra
by krapp 2y ago
Why choose to believe this in spite of actual evidence to the contrary? People have Neanderthal DNA inside of them. We're in a thread about an article demonstrating that. We didn't kill them because they were different, the truth (as it always is) is more complex than that.
I understand being cynical about humanity this kind of performative misanthropy doesn't benefit you or anyone else.
- flembat 2y agoOur recorded history shows how hostile we are to each other often over very minor differences. And also we know we wipe out other animal species routinely, after we arrive in their locations, they cease to exist.
- krapp 2y ago>Our recorded history shows how hostile we are to each other often over very minor differences. And yet people with very minor differences still exist, and many people are not hostile to the point of murder towards them. >And also we know we wipe out other animal species routinely, after we arrive in their locations, they cease to exist. Sometimes. Sometimes not. Sometimes we work very hard to save endangered species. If it were the case that we simply wiped out all animal species we encountered, when we encountered them, we would not longer be here. Because again... we didn't wipe out the Neanderthals simply because they were different. If like GP you cannot allow yourself to believe otherwise because your view of human nature doesn't accept that amount of nuance in human behavior, then the problem is not human nature but your own nature.