@AlWest13 @JayMan471 but the makassarese didn't invent dutch-model schooners. or anything that the dutch invented: https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/extraversion-and-culture/ …
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 Uh huh. So the Makassarese are dumber than the Dutch? Is that the idea?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlWest13
@AlWest13@JayMan471 i don't know about the makassarese in particular, but prolly indos have a lower ON AVERAGE than the dutch, yes.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@JayMan471 Maybe so, but they also invented the outrigger that forms the basis of modern racing canoes.6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlWest13
@AlWest13@JayMan471 yeah, that's great. but did any of them invent the artifical heart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_inventions#1957_Artificial_heart …1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@JayMan471 Wooahkay. More importantly, THEY'RE NOT GENETICALLY SIMILAR BUT ADOPTED THE SAME PRACTICE#megaphone1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JayMan471@hbdchick And humans can learn from one another, e.g. Makassarese using Dutch boat designs (and vice versa).2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlWest13
@AlWest13@JayMan471 *some* people can learn *some* things from other people. some can't: my mother can't use a computer.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@JayMan471 Doubtless your mother could if she put her mind to it or grown up at the right time.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@AlWest13 @JayMan471 no. it's too complicated for her. some people just can't learn everything. i can't learn how to be a quantum physicist!
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