It was Nikolai Sennels who was pushing the inbreeding theory - see post #56 for an example.
Quote:Thats not a factual criticism FD, thats a statement of fact. One that clearly has been missed throughout this thread.
Still, it is a big step up from what we have so far.
Quote:So you accept humans form certain distinctive genetic sub-groups that manifests itself as different coloured skin, slanty eyes etc that you call "races". Yet when the same process (supposedly) manifests itself as lower IQ - which you seem very keen to accept - its suddenly not about race.
It has only been going on for 1400 years. If it went on for a lot longer then the process could result in distinct races, but as it is (and as Karnal just pointed out) the racial lines are blurred. Even within the middle east, the practice of marrying first cousins varies significantly between communities. In some central Arab cultures, a man is considered to have the right to marry his cousin (father's borther's daughter). He cannot force her, but she needs his consent to marry someone else.
Do you think this is racist? Should we pretend the problem does not exist in case we get labelled racist?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage
In Qatar, Yemen, and UAE, consanguinity rates are increasing in the current generation. Research among Arabs and worldwide has indicated that consanguinity could have an effect on some reproductive health parameters such as postnatal mortality and rates of congenital malformations.
Cousin marriages (second-degree cousins or closer) in the world, in percentage (%).
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1–4
5-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50+
Except for the far east, this looks pretty much like a map of the historical spread of Islam, don't you think? It certainly looks like a map of how Islam spread via the traditional top down imposition favoured by Muhammed and his fellow cousin porkers.
Although isolated cousin marriages may pose little risk, repeated consanginous marriages within a group are more problematic. After repeated generations of cousin marriage the actual genetic relationship between two people is closer than the most immediate relationship would suggest. In Pakistan, where there has been cousin marriage for generations and the current rate may exceed 50%, one study estimated infant mortality at 12.7 percent for married double first cousins, 7.9 percent for first cousins, 9.2 percent for first cousins once removed/double second cousins, 6.9 percent for second cousins, and 5.1 percent among nonconsanguineous progeny. Among double first cousin progeny, 41.2 percent of prereproductive deaths were associated with the expression of detrimental recessive genes, with equivalent values of 26.0, 14.9, and 8.1 percent for first cousins, first cousins once removed/double second cousins, and second cousins respectively. Quote:If you're talking about the Templer article - how about we talk about his stated view that the best determiner of IQ is skin colour?
Sound reputable to you FD?
It is certainly controversial. These differences have been measured. The only disagreement is over what it actually means.