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>>14481 So I decided to ask ChatJewPT about this chart, and this is what xhe said: >That image is a piece of pseudoscientific propaganda that misrepresents genetics. It compares human population clustering with species-level divergence among canines—an invalid and misleading analogy. >Here’s why it’s wrong: >Human PCA clusters don’t equal species boundaries. >PCA (principal component analysis) shows statistical variation, not biological separation. Humans form loose clusters because of geography and ancestry, but those clusters overlap heavily. Genetic distance between human groups is tiny compared with that between species like wolves and coyotes. >Species-level genetic distance is orders of magnitude higher. Humans everywhere share about 99.9% of their DNA with each other. The genetic divergence between humans from Africa and Europe is around 0.1%, while between species like wolves and coyotes it’s about 5–10%—dozens of times larger. >“Race” ≠ biological subspecies. No recognized genetic or biological authority (including population geneticists who actually use PCA) classifies human races as subspecies. What PCA really shows is gradients of ancestry, not rigid categories. >The chart’s bottom section was edited out of context. The original PCA plots (from legitimate human genomics papers) don’t claim humans are divided into races like “White,” “Black,” etc. They show how genetic variation loosely corresponds to geography. Is it wrong that I'm starting to doubt the validity of race? There's no way I'm this much of an Amerimutt goy.