OK, so the discussion has dropped to the level of the logical fallacy, "appeal to authority." With a few strokes on Google, I could come up with several favorable reviews of Wade's book, but why play the game? It is clear this book is raising the hackles of a lot of special interests; so read it now. Dan On 6/29/2014 10:37 AM, Matthew Simonds wrote: > The review of Wade's book in the New York Review of Books is also not a very favorable one: > > "These are big claims and you’d surely expect Wade to provide some pretty impressive, if recondite, evidence for them from the new science of genomics. And here’s where things get odd. Hard evidence for Wade’s thesis is nearly nonexistent. Odder still, Wade concedes as much at the start of A Troublesome Inheritance:Readers should be fully aware that in chapters 6 through 10 they are leaving the world of hard science and entering into a much more speculative arena at the interface of history, economics and human evolution.It perhaps would have been best if this sentence had been reprinted at the top of each page in chapters 6 through 10." > > > The review there ends with the following: > > > "Though he issues the requisite disclaimers about the dignity and moral equality of all peoples, he’s clearly tempted, under the cover of politics-shouldn’t-distort-science, to provoke. Indeed there is a species of bravado here, as though demonstrating that he, unlike others, is tough-minded enough to face unpleasant facts. But surely there is a difference between facing facts that are unpleasant and spinning tales that are improbable." > > > Here's the link to that review again: > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/jun/05/stretch-genes/?insrc=toc > >> From: debbiekennett@gmail.com >> To: y-dna-haplogroup-i@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:17:21 +0100 >> Subject: Re: [yDNAhgI] Recommended book >> >> In Nicholas Wade's feeble attempt to rebut his critics he says "I don't care >> what the science may say because I'll never change my position". I think >> just about says it all. If he wishes to ignore the scientific evidence to >> advance his own personal beliefs then that's entirely his choice. I hadn't >> realised he was British. It's perhaps not surprising that he's ended up in >> America. He would find much less tolerance of his views over here. >> >> There's a very good article here by Kenan Malik on why both sides of the >> debate are wrong: >> >> https://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/why-both-sides-are-wrong-in-the- >> race-debate/ >> >> Debbie >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: y-dna-haplogroup-i-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:y-dna-haplogroup-i-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Obed W Odom >> Sent: 29 June 2014 14:35 >> To: y-dna-haplogroup-i@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [yDNAhgI] Recommended book >> >> I think the review by the NY Times was somewhat more charitable. There seems >> to be no question, though, that Wade's book has hit a raw nerve in some >> circles of his fellow Brits. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >