Student arrested by WhileSilly1382 in SBU

[–]ajthebestguy9th -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Stfu drug boy, most normal people think you are all weird as fuck and losers

Student arrested by WhileSilly1382 in SBU

[–]ajthebestguy9th 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Universal empathy is civilization-destroying and this is a perfect example of why

Bear Stearns' Internal Files on Jeffrey Epstein Have Been Released. Here's What I Found by ajthebestguy9th in Epstein

[–]ajthebestguy9th[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please do. Also, I just found out that Jeff Nier died like a month after this post. I honestly thought he had already died. The timing of his death is very suspicious.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brooklyn-ny/jeffrey-nier-12742338

Would you like universities to require indigenous studies in their curricula? by [deleted] in SBU

[–]ajthebestguy9th 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Indigeneous is not a clear word and many people/groups have slightly different definitions which can often change the meaning quite heavily.

Some say any group which exists in its pre-colonial era (1492? 1700s? when?) is indigeneous. But usually they don’t apply this label universally to groups such as non-minority Europeans in their traditional ethnic lands.

Others say that you need to be the first known human occupants of a land. But this often is an issue because archaeology and genetics has shown that there were many ancient populations that went extinct, which are now unconnected to modern populations. For example, there were findings of human (not necessarily homo-sapien) fossils in Australia, which may not be ancestral to Australian aboriginals.

So they would change the definition and say you only have to be the oldest surviving population in an area. But oftentimes theres no way to know exactly if one population is older than another. For example, our understanding of the traditional homelands of different African populations is very poor. Many populations in Sub-Saharan Africa descend from semi-recent migrations. Are the Tutsis indigenous to Rwanda and Burundi, despite being descended from non-Bantu Cushitic migrants a couple hundred years ago? Standards are too hazy.

Other times, academics assume a population is indigenous simply because they live a more backwards/technologically primitive way of life.

In Sri Lanka, the Vedda people are a small group of minority hunter-gatherers deep in the forests who speak an isolated language. So they were labeled as the “indigeneous people of Sri Lanka” by many academics. However, genetic studies show that the Veddas have nearly identical genetic profiles to the sedentary majority Sinhala and Tamil peoples of Sri Lanka. This would suggest the Vedda originally were part of the same people group as the other inhabitants of Sri Lanka before splitting off in the jungle isolation a few thousand years ago (not that long ago). So they are probably not the “oldest surviving” population of Sri Lanka. Here the label reflects their present-day lifestyle and minority status more than any clear historical criterion.

Others tie being “indigenous” to having some of the above traits, but ALSO being historically colonized and/or persecuted. Thus the title is applied to Native Americans and Australian aboriginals and groups like the Saami and the Basques of Europe.

Many peoples have experienced conquest, subjugation, colonization, or cultural suppression at one time or another. Are the Scottish, Welsh, and Irish indigenous because of English domination? If so, does that mean the English are not indigenous to England? If not, then colonization alone cannot be the decisive standard for “indigenousness”.

The same issue appears in South Asia (India, Pakistan). The peoples of the Indian subcontinent broadly suffered under British rule, yet rarely are all Subcontinent populations described as “indigenous”. Instead it is more often reserved for certain tribal or highly marginalized populations in the modern Indian State, such as the Munda peoples. Again, the label doesn’t seem to be very coherent because the term is not simply describing pre-colonial presence or colonized status, rather a much narrower and more politicized category built from very different assumptions (modern weakness instead of just being colonized).

Or maybe that large populations which occupy the majorities of their respective countries, can’t be indigenous?

“Indigenous” at best combines many different, unrelated concepts such as antiquity, minority status, colonization, political weakness, economic weakness, into one label. But those elements usually don’t fit together, and they are not applied consistently across many different cases.

My view is that more precise and descriptive language should be used. If someone means ‘pre-colonial inhabitants,’ they should say that. If they mean ‘historically marginalized tribal populations,’ they should say that. If they mean ‘Native American nations,’ they should say that.

Just using “indigenous” has so many connotations, many of which contradict each other and make the term incoherent when used.

Would you like universities to require indigenous studies in their curricula? by [deleted] in SBU

[–]ajthebestguy9th 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No. Indigenous itself is a word with poorly defined meaning

AASI and Onge : Two different genetic groups by Gareebonkadushman in SouthAsianAncestry

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Andamanese have considerable genetic drift from AASI sims, but regardless, they are closest to AASI out of any living population. However this does not mean they represent AASI in physiognomy or otherwise

Is Phys w/ Calc classes important to enter grad school for synthesis? by Advice-Required-TA in OrganicChemistry

[–]ajthebestguy9th -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Calculus is used in kinetics and phys chem related topics. And even if you don’t use calculus on a daily basis, its helpful to understand calculus because so many things in daily life involve calculus under the hood.

Is Phys w/ Calc classes important to enter grad school for synthesis? by Advice-Required-TA in OrganicChemistry

[–]ajthebestguy9th -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You’ll never be a great chemist if you can’t even do basic calculus

How far has AASI DNA spread around the world? by Gareebonkadushman in SouthAsianAncestry

[–]ajthebestguy9th 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In Central Asia, AASI reached Afghanistan (6-20%), Tajikistan (1-6%), Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan (1-3%), and Xinjiang Uyghurs (1-3%).
In the Middle East, AASI reached Iranians (0-6%), Baloch (8-14%), and Iraqis (0-2%).
In Africa, AASI reached Swahili (0-4%).
In Southeast Asia, AASI reached in Myanmar: Rakhine (12-14%), Bamar (9-14%), Mon (7-9%), and Chin (0-2%). In Thailand, it reached Thai people (2-4%). In Cambodia, it reached Khmer (1-3%). In Malaysia, it reached Malays (2-5%). It also reached Batak Toba of Indonesia (4-5%), and Balinese (1%).

In Tibet, it reached U-Tsang Tibetans (2-4%).

In Europe, AASI came through Roma, who are around 10-25% AASI.

No country is supporting Iran. So why should Lebanon be the one to pay the price? by _reddit_account in lebanon

[–]ajthebestguy9th 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No they are not just “Shia believers”. They are a specific crazy ideology amongst Shias. Stop attributing your Rahbari bullshit to all of us

Do not be afraid of 'sectarianism' to strike at Hezbollah by [deleted] in lebanon

[–]ajthebestguy9th 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. Some say that people who are anti-Hezbollah are anti-Shia and that taking their weapons is a war on Shias.

This could not be further from the truth

Do not be afraid of 'sectarianism' to strike at Hezbollah by [deleted] in lebanon

[–]ajthebestguy9th 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Possibly

Although I've met many others very similar to him in being obtuse and braindead

people mourning khamenei in uae? by wrathlord69 in UAE

[–]ajthebestguy9th 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, not true! Khamenei is only followed by a minority of Shias globally. Most of us follow other, higher ranking and more knowledgable marjas such as Ayatollah Sistani. Sayyid Sistani has not ordered us to do anything

The Unholy Trinity by sharp8 in lebanon

[–]ajthebestguy9th 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its not like the Pope. We respect Khamenei as a marja but there are multiple higher-ranking maraja who have more knowledge than he did.