/sci/ - Science & Math

Plenty of people, especially on this website, do not understand that a scientific hypothesis has to be effectively proven in order to be elevated to the level of theory. A scientific theory is NOT a guess. Evolution is a fact.

>>15015445
Nope it was definitely Sub-Saharan Africa lol

There is no point in being racist. Humans are all pretty much the same thing. Our differences are almost entirely surface level and every person alive today has a common ancestor that lived only around 200,000 years ago; not very long from an evolutionary standpoint. So there is no reason to discriminate against people with a different skin and facial complexion.

Why has /sci/ literally just turned into /pol/?

Out of Africa is the most widely accepted theory for the origin of modern humans. I know /pol/tards want to deny this, but political motivations are not relevant when talking about what the evidence shows us.

>>8677343
>There are intelligent people in all self-id'd race and gender
Indeed, and I'm not saying there aren't. I'm just wondering whether he is correct about average differences in intelligence across races. Personally I think there is evidence to say that there is. Despite its political unpalatability.

>>8677347
>by European you'd have to include the general Indo-Euroepan subgroup, including Greeks and Persians, Indians and to some extent Arabs, and none of those races lived in particularly cold climates, yet those races did at some points in time have a culture of innovation and science
Indeed, all of those groups should be included - and notice that almost all of them had very advanced cultures - Arabs used to have highly advanced cultures and contributed to maths and science. Persians, the same. And Indians too - they were building brick buildings almost 2,000 years ago.

Regarding coldness, yes I suppose you are right. I also mentioned toughness though. One could argue that leaving sub-saharan Africa in the first place (according to the out of Africa theory that scientists generally seem to agree upon, see pic) presented challenges that those who left had to respond to. Those who settled in the arid land of north Africa / Saudi Arabia (who would eventually become Arabs) would have had significant challenges getting food, compared to those in the grassy jungles of sub-saharan Africa, for example.