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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
What do you mean there is no science when talking about nationality? A nation is defined as a self-aware group of people that share a common, imagined identity with political aspirations of self government.
My friend claims that he can tell them apart and you're agreeing with him. THAT is what we are discussing. I'd say THAT is what is unscientific.
Your assertion is that Japanese, Chinese, Korean are in fact not nationalities but seperate and distinct races? Really? You have proof to show that these nationalities are divided along racial lines? I mean Japan China and Korea share the same geographic region. The difference between climate and diet between the countries isn't great either. I don't know how you can say with certainty that they are seperate races. You've even admitted yourself that in that test you did, you got some wrong. If the test was between Nigerians and Japanese I'm sure you wouldn't get ANY wrong.
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Ronin4Hire, no need to get frustrated.
I didn't say that Japanese, Chinese and Korean are seperate races. I said they they often identify themselves as more than separate countries, but separate races. I cannot say with certainty that they are or not, but if they are NOT seperate races, no one should be able to score more than 6 points on that test. I got 13. Noodle did even better.
We are talking about biological and genetic tendancies. Being from a certain nation doesn't change how you look, but being born in a certain gene-pool does. That's why I say "nationality" doesn't matter.
I didn't say I could identify Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans 100%. I said I had familiarity with people from all three regions and had confidence in my ability to distinguish one from another to a certain degree. This was because you said it was impossible to do so. I think we can see that it is possible to do so. I can't more any more than what I did above as to "why".