• Euergetes [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Species at least has slightly more scientific categorical grounding

    homo species are extremely contentious, no one agrees how many there are. sometimes new samples are given new species names, while some folks put those new grains in an existing heap. like sure OOP’s a bit cheap for that answer but homo erectus is definitely people.

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      I am well aware of that. Hence why it is ‘slightly more scientific’, in that neither one of them are particularly concrete, but there is at least a little more grounding in species arguments.

      My point is that if we are going to assign inventions to race (which is really stupid), then we can definitely assign inventions to different species (which is almost as stupid).

      The entire argument is fucking dumb. It is basically could Batman beat Superman but for racists.