[Billy_bob_bob]

To summarize: Bla bla bla Lysenkoism bla bla bla nonsense data bla bla bla egalitarianism bla bla bla equality bla bla bla submission bla bla bla give more bla bla bla surrender it's hopeless bla bla bla just give more money bla bla bla and then die already.

BTW - did you know that chimps and humans differ in their DNA by only 1.5%? We're about 98.5% identical! So, I guess we're really just the same as chimps! And we're really just the same as the gorillas and the spider monkeys as well. Heck, we're probably only about %5 different from a shark! We should make sharks citizens! Oh, wait, we already have lawyers, that's right.

What a seriously rank load of hogwash. I'm no genetic scientist but I can look at Africa and see just what happens when the Europeans who built cities on that continent leave those cities behind to the natives. Hmmm, some peoples build cities, some peoples tear them down. No, no difference between them at all. Then I look here at formerly great cities like Detroit, populated with people who have been American citizens for generations. Hmmm. What do these examples have in common?

This is a very serious case of the Emperor having no clothes whatsoever.

[RaceBannon]

It's all about Culture and religion. Christian nations thrive, pagan nations fall.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

"To summarize: Bla bla bla Lysenkoism bla bla bla nonsense data bla bla bla egalitarianism bla bla bla equality bla bla bla ." If you're telling me that's what you understood from the article, I believe you.

[Question_Assumptions]

What a seriously rank load of hogwash. I'm no genetic scientist but I can look at Africa and see just what happens when the Europeans who built cities on that continent leave those cities behind to the natives.

Dig into history a little. Do you have any idea what the Germanic barbarians did to Rome when they finally got a hold of it? It took quite some time for what you think of as "European" culture took root across all of Europe.

Hmmm, some peoples build cities, some peoples tear them down. No, no difference between them at all.

That's a straw man. Of course there are differences. The question is whether they are cultural or genetic. The Europeans have done a great deal of both building and tearing down. You can witness the process at work in the Balkans.

Then I look here at formerly great cities like Detroit, populated with people who have been American citizens for generations. Hmmm. What do these examples have in common?

Do you think Europeans had cities forever? They didn't even invent the concept. There were cities in China, India, and the Near East over a thousand years before Europe had any. They learned how to build and maintain them.

[MissAmericanPie]

There is only a 3% difference between humans and corn. Kinda puts it in perspective doesn't it?