03-08-2003 18:40									#1
	Welsh have survival gene Put an end to popups!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3120083.stm



Is it just me or is science taking a turn for the worse lately?

	03-08-2003 18:48									#2
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Yes.

quote: Prof Aaron said: "Whenever Welsh identity appears to be most under threat, an in-built survival gene is triggered that responds with a burst of new creative activity, often in a different direction from before."

Have they actually FOUND this gene? Or is it just a random thought from a stupid professor not in her field?

EDIT: apparently they haven't and she is

	03-08-2003 18:51									#3
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quote: Whenever Welsh identity appears to be most under threat, an in-built survival gene is triggered that responds with a burst of new creative activity, often in a different direction from before

Can't that be said for whole humankind ?

	03-08-2003 18:51									#4
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quote: Or is it just a random thought from a stupid professor not in her field?

Probably the latter. However, it would seem to make some sense. The welsh as a race are the original Britons, before the Celts, Romans, Germans, Vikings, French etc. They, in turn, are descended directly from the people who live in the Basque region of Spain (strangely enough). A few dozen thousand years ago, humans (modern humans not neanderthals) populated most of Europe, but during a cold snap (a few thousand years), humans only lived in this Basque region. The Welsh are descended from the original europeans!

	03-08-2003 18:52									#5
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Common stupidity; A professor that's doing something far away from the field of genetics use a term he/she doesn't fully understand to make a faulty simile.

	03-08-2003 18:53									#6
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Well, I guess its a theory, not a proof, so she now has to prove it.

	03-08-2003 19:18									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor quote: Whenever Welsh identity appears to be most under threat, an in-built survival gene is triggered that responds with a burst of new creative activity, often in a different direction from before Can't that be said for whole humankind ?

Yes.

	03-08-2003 19:25									#8
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What's with the late burst of Welsh-centered research?

	03-08-2003 19:29									#9
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Wales.

	03-08-2003 23:50									#10
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The professor sound like one of those angry brothers always talking about the greatness of the African empires...

	04-08-2003 00:20									#11
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Yep, when the Welsh start to decline I just go out and impregnate another 100 Welsh girls..

	04-08-2003 00:23									#12
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This looks like an article that would fit right into http://english.pravda.ru's science section.

	04-08-2003 03:03									#13
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The problem is essentially several centuries of english colonisation and dilution of the welsh gene pool leading to an obsession with aspects of cultural heritage that no successful nation would bother to claim. A damaging trait usually espoused most loudly by english immigrants who moved to wales because they can't stand the reality of their own country.

Unless of course sheep do have a survival gene.

	04-08-2003 04:37									#14
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quote: Originally posted by elijah Probably the latter. However, it would seem to make some sense. The welsh as a race are the original Britons, before the Celts, Romans, Germans, Vikings, French etc. They, in turn, are descended directly from the people who live in the Basque region of Spain (strangely enough). A few dozen thousand years ago, humans (modern humans not neanderthals) populated most of Europe, but during a cold snap (a few thousand years), humans only lived in this Basque region. The Welsh are descended from the original europeans!

Has this been shown through genetic study? How can one find an example of the genetic material of the "original" Britons, much less a large enough sample to feel reasonably sure that the sample isn't itself an anomoly?

	04-08-2003 05:09									#15
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Have they discovered the Welsh sheep-****ging gene yet? That might be worth breeding out...

P.S. When in the hell did ****ging become a censored word?

	04-08-2003 06:52									#16
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Save the whales!

	04-08-2003 06:57									#17
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Scientists have bullshit gene

It turns out, whenever they've ran out of reasonable scientific ideas and studies, they start pumping out pure bullshit

	04-08-2003 07:57									#18
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She isn't a scientist; she just thinks she is.