in thread "How many civilizations are there ?": Interesting post. If we analyze how we actually use the term 'civilization' it ultimately describes a huge range of different traits & observations, and even naming the component variables (let alone determining their weighting) is completely impractical, ... 1w ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6 Interesting post. If (view hidden) retry 6 6 Moving to 'The West' isn't going to turn a subsaharan African genetically capped at 75 IQ into a legendary space explorer, but a related question is whether belonging to an abstract civilizational collective is enough to compel the diminishing share of the... 1w ago (collapse hidden) retry 2 2 Moving to 'The West' (view hidden) retry 2 2