.@gregladen @JenniferRaff what he actually did was point out that he was speculating: http://andrewgelman.com/2014/05/09/nicholas-wade-paradox-racism/#comment-161592 … read the book!
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 it wd unbelievable if they hadn't had some other form of cousin marriage, all these peoples were related, after all, -
@pseudoerasmus@JayMan471 yes. cousin marriage is pretty common around the world, and mother's brother's daughter (mbd) is most common. -
@hbdchick@JayMan471 you can argue ex simple history that most golden age figures are (1) converts or (2) not from the Arabian peninsula -
@pseudoerasmus@hbdchick But I'm curious about this Mongol thing. Where did the golden age figures go? -
@JayMan471@hbdchick killed. Cf. sack of baghdad -
@pseudoerasmus@hbdchick So you're saying the Mongol conquest wiped out the intelligentsia? -
@JayMan471@hbdchick why do people find it implausible genocide can truncate the right tail ? - 4 more replies
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