People who are closer together tend to claim greater differences between each other; why?

[SouthDutch7991]

The closer a people is genetically, culturally, linguostically, etc, the more differences they seem to see between each other than between themselves and distant groups. For example the English and Irish, who are genetically much closer together than many ethnicites within the same countries. Someone from anywhere in the balkans is more similar to another country from the balkans than someone from any other region, usually. Yet they will claim they are worlds apart as if, somehow, one or the other is closer to central asians then to each other. Why does familiarity breed contempt? Often times these people might have recent ancestors, they may well be cousins.

[Red Pill]

The closer a people is genetically, culturally, linguostically, etc, the more differences they seem to see between each other than between themselves and distant groups. For example the English and Irish, who are genetically much closer together than many ethnicites within the same countries. Someone from anywhere in the balkans is more similar to another country from the balkans than someone from any other region, usually. Yet they will claim they are worlds apart as if, somehow, one or the other is closer to central asians then to each other. Why does familiarity breed contempt? Often times these people might have recent ancestors, they may well be cousins.

Often those people are neighbors or share the same geographical area, so the contempt may have been bred by recent or old conflicts over resources and territory. Then there are other factors as well, like religion for the Irish and the English.

[JamesBond007]

The closer a people is genetically, culturally, linguostically, etc, the more differences they seem to see between each other than between themselves and distant groups. For example the English and Irish, who are genetically much closer together than many ethnicites within the same countries. Someone from anywhere in the balkans is more similar to another country from the balkans than someone from any other region, usually. Yet they will claim they are worlds apart as if, somehow, one or the other is closer to central asians then to each other. Why does familiarity breed contempt? Often times these people might have recent ancestors, they may well be cousins.

Yeah, for Americans sucking at science. Charles Darwin said closely related species or organisms have the most intense competition or rivalries probably because they are fighting over similar ecological niches or something and that is spurs on evolution or creates evolutionary pressure -- in his The Origin of Species book. In his other book The Descent of Man he may have only applied that to savages of different tribes only under certain circumstances but may be he was giving humans too much credit.

In any event the Irish are subhuman apes so they are a different species so it applies to them (just kidding but that is kind of how they were historically seen).

Anyway, the genetic difference between humans and chimpanzees is only 1.2% so obviously small differences in genetics can have profound differences.

You could have a mutation in only two gene sets that can have profound implications for cognition, mood, health etc... so why not something similar, on average, between groups ?

[SneedsFeedNSeed]

Because you interact with neighboring assholes more than distant assholes.

[SouthDutch7991]

Because you interact with neighboring assholes more than distant assholes.

Isn't the correct thing to realist that we ourselves are also assholes, every one of us? If my neighbors, who are like me, are assholes, then maybe the mirror needs some polishing.

[Creoda]

It's the narcissism of small differences. Politically motivated most of the time.

[SneedsFeedNSeed]

Isn't the correct thing to realist that we ourselves are also assholes, every one of us? If my neighbors, who are like me, are assholes, then maybe the mirror needs some polishing.

Let us take a moment, to look at the asshole within ourselves.. and to realize...

Spoiler!

that is is time to poop.