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[–] -5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I really don't understand the source of conflict here. You seem like you agree that Europeans did happen to have the conditions amenable to development, but what's your alternative? That the cause wasn't just a coincidence? I'm really confused what your disagreement is.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I also mentioned India and China. You probably could have included parts of the Middle East as well if they weren't as wrecked by the Mongol invasions as they were.

    The vitamin D hypothesis doesn't play out when looking at those areas.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Nothing I said conflicts with any of that? Han, Mongol, Turkic, Persian, and many other "ethnicities" across the continent play out just fine when taking light skin tone into consideration. Again, explicitly not race. I am talking about "white" as a skin tone, potentially correlated with harsher climates.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Also you're too focused on trying to defend yourself from that one accusation, as if that's the only thing challenging your argument? What about that point someone made that in some points of history, regions of relatively high development change over time? Like at this point in time, Europe is the one with high development, but back then, it was in warmer areas, with cold areas not being as developed. You know, like the Mediterranean? Known for mild winters? Which Greece and Rome were located in?

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  • All I'm saying is that regions with harsher winters experienced early consistent pressures to develop specific technologies: agriculture, food storage, preservation, textiles, and weatherproof shelters. Early development of those technologies helped push them toward industrialization earlier. Not that they're the only regions that were ever developed, especially after the establishment of wider trade routes. I don't understand the enthusiasm of everyone to turn this into a race thing.

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