No, I brought up the argument of the Kalahari bushman because I wanted to point out a very good example of differing cultures (with a racial component) to make two points (that would back up MY argument):
people are superior only within the context of their millieu; aka. what they're good at (and my original post was stressing individual superiority of merit, but no matter, down this rabbit hole I willingly travelled); I could bring it back to individual merit as well -- people tend to be good at what they have a talent for and especially at skills they have worked hard to develop; they are superior to others who have not.
However:
superiority does not confer higher privileges under the law (or it shouldn't -- that it does is one of the reasons we're having problems) -- we don't get to walk up to Mr. Bushman nor Mr. American not of my whatever and murder him for shits and giggles...they have rights too (or should have in a just, lawful, free society -- that this has taken a huge slide is one of the reasons we're having a problem).
And I don't know about working really well between a western American man (aren't they all?) and a western French man...the French soldiers used to drive my husband and his unit (some of whom had the same R1b as the French dudes, some of whom did not) fucking nuts when they did a train up together...something, something cultural differences in attitudes towards lunch breaks vs. mission goals...
PS. as for the "mission to Mars" -- that's all conjecture at this point; for all we both know both the Bushman and the European might have skill sets that could prove quite useful...hasn't been tried yet; we might find out in the future
No, I brought up the argument of the Kalahari bushman because I wanted to point out a very good example of differing cultures (with a racial component) to make two points (that would back up MY argument):
However:
And I don't know about working really well between a western American man (aren't they all?) and a western French man...the French soldiers used to drive my husband and his unit (some of whom had the same R1b as the French dudes, some of whom did not) fucking nuts when they did a train up together...something, something cultural differences in attitudes towards lunch breaks vs. mission goals...
PS. as for the "mission to Mars" -- that's all conjecture at this point; for all we both know both the Bushman and the European might have skill sets that could prove quite useful...hasn't been tried yet; we might find out in the future