First of all let me say;
1. I don't participate in any other Somali forum, but I do like to periodically browse the History sections of two other Somali forums (Somaliwave.com and Somalispot.com). It has been lively to see some of my references being appreciated on both, but generally I find both forums engaging in the History sections and like to browse keeping uo with topics that interest them. Usually, Somaliwave is better with socio-cultural matters and Spot with the genetic biological developsments and archaic niche talks.
2. It is hard not to come across Apollo on Spot. He is a sort of forum wonkie when it comes to helping people at Somalispot navigate the world of biological geneolgy and generalized information about all things geneticl testing, including all kinds of informing details about a substantial quantity of Somali genetic research. This area isn't my forte and I am not seriously interested in it, but I know enough about basic biology and the scientific method to sometimes see him as more "activist" than "informent."
3. First, the behavior is a problem. Now I don't mind to give him a personal critique, but I will give him one advice; you can come across more likeable in some situations if you ever sit down and critique the way people perceive you. I think the single BEST word to describe what I have observed is "Katagelasticism" ;
3. Beyond that, I have found him generally useful and even was appreciative of his clarifications and explanations in a number of topics I have looked at. However, he has a problem with understanding what science is, what theory informs, what research attempts to achieve, and even why science is more about clarifying WHAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR EVEN HOW IMPERFECTLY WE UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE than about what we allegedly claim to know or understand. In a number of cases, I sat gobsmacked at the screen thinking "Good God, someone take this boy to a foundational seminar or lecture or something to understand WHY we even employ the scientific method or WHAT is the purpose of science---before being allowed to read a research or even worse, be in charge of explaining and informing what it purports to conclude.Katagelasticism is a psychological condition in which a person excessively enjoys laughing at others. Katagelasticists actively seek and establish situations in which they can laugh at others (at the expense of these people). There is a broad variety of things that katagelasticists would do—starting from harmless pranks or word plays to truly embarrassing and even harmful, mean-spirited jokes.[1][2] They would be of the opinion that laughing at others is part of the daily life and if others do not like being laughed at, they should just fight back.[1][2] For katagelasticists, it is fun laughing at others and there is almost nothing that might hinder them from doing so. For them, some people might even provoke getting laughed at and deserve being laughed at.[1][2] This condition often makes it difficult for sufferers to gain and maintain acquaintances and romantic partners.[1][2]
4. This topic about Somali origins area is the single worst example of that impaired judgement I described in some of his less than commendable interactions with this. Practically everything he infers from the science is wrong. Then on top of that everything he doesn't infer from the science is even worse. Genetic testing---the basics including why is it being done (intent)-followed by HOW is it being down (methodology)...what is the reference, what is being relative to a other possibility, what can impact the null hypothesis, correlation/causation, scope etc etc etc.. For example
5. Like I don't even want to be detailed because it would be so time consuming, BECAUSE I THINK HE NEEDS TO FUNDAMENTALLY BE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH AND SCIENCE. It is like potty training your child right.it is one thing to know the mechanics likr remove your diaper hy pulling this or sit on the potty this way----but all that is irrelevant if the toddler will ran and grab his potty and in front of the living room with visiters will sit, romove his diapers, and start playing with the waste. It is like no, the reason for this process is "hygiene" as humans and that waste is being expelled in safely disposable way and also we are humans and in our culture, it is considered shameful to relieve yourself in such manner and situations.
I will come back to this topic about the specifics and reference populations, and gene flow and even population bottlenecks and founder effects and envirommental and physically processes like climate and adaptation and even major disruptive events like huge population migration/displacement, etc etc etc----that all inform the opposite to what he informed about Somali geographical origins; which is even more stark when you use thar to compliment the much bigger linguistic and socio-cultural evidence firmly establishing our beginning as a specific Somali cultural group in southern Ethiopja where we started diverging from a larger Lowland East Cushitic mothership.
Apollo, you are a smart guy and I love your huge interest in genetic biology---but you are not displaying interest in it for thw right reasons. Do better and please try to laugh less at people.
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