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Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob
I don't know why the distinction I'm making here is hard to grasp.
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There is a difference between not agreeing with a point and not understanding it. And the bottom quote from you is essentially what I've been saying. It's innate and ingrained, and related to evolutionary survival. You've now reversed yourself when you earlier claimed that it is not innate. You don't think the actual qualities that we end up focusing on are arbitrary, and I do. For instance, skin color seems to be an obvious choice, but when you consider that even with different skin colors we are still far more alike than we are different, the choice to focus on skin color appears arbitrary. And cultural differences evolve over time as we hold ourselves separate from other groups and those groups go in different directions than we do. It's a give and take.
But, that's a difference of opinion that really isn't going to get resolved.
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Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob
I don't think we find differences in each other because we innately try to; people are naturally different.
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Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob
Spotting differences isn't arbitrary; we do it constantly. We couldn't operate without it. It's an essential part of life. It is natural that we apply it to each other.
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