who constantly conquered and raped and pillaged each other. Violence was ubiquitous. The development of agriculture allowed larger settlements to form, and civilization began, first in the Middle East. Organization and weapons improved, allowing the development of empires.
-
Show this thread
-
Smaller tribal disputes gave way to larger wars with armies. Broader cooperation was needed to compete. NW Europe in the year 200 was only modestly civilized compared to Rome and Greece, but the spread of Christianity and the Catholic Church resulted in the break-up of tribal
2 replies 1 retweet 16 likesShow this thread -
afilliations and reduced cousin marriage. IQ and cooperation was selected for during the middle ages, and the Renaissance was the eventual result.
1 reply 2 retweets 20 likesShow this thread -
The printing press was invented, and pretty soon the Protestant reformation came along with the idea that people could have a personal relationship with God. Who needs the Church bureaucracy when you could read the Bible yourself?
2 replies 1 retweet 16 likesShow this thread -
The power of the Church weakens, feudalism begins to fade, and parliaments are established. Ideas like equal rights under the law are established during the Enlightenment. Pretty soon many whites look around and say "hey, those slaves are people too, why don't they have rights?"
1 reply 1 retweet 19 likesShow this thread -
So ideas about equality and cooperation were extended further and further, from slavery to voting to the Civil Rights Act. Whites, being fair-minded people who deeply believe in equality, listened to complaints from nonwhites of oppression and tried to make things better.
1 reply 1 retweet 20 likesShow this thread -
The point here is that there's a trend from the very beginnings of civilization toward expanding circles of equality--from tribe to nation/empire to the inclusion of other racial groups, and white people have been selected more for this than any other people on the planet.
2 replies 3 retweets 25 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @HbdNrx
Why haven't East Asians succumbed to this process, though?
2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness @HbdNrx
The same reason when gifted one of the early telescopes they used it to make more accurate calendars rather than explore the heavens for new things. They defined boundaries ever more finitely. Europeans challenged them,looking for new things Its a difference in imagination.
1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @Qu3stionQu3st @Outsideness
We can ask, "where did the creativity come from; why was there more selection in Europe for it?" The answer to that is probably related to particular tech that happened to be discovered plus differences in the competitive/geographic landscape, but that's harder to answer.
2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
It's well past time for an ethnomasochism GWAS.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.