
this article from the
New York Times:
Is Genghis Khan an Ancestor? Mr. DNA Knows
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Published: June 8, 2004
Wherever Dr. Bryan Sykes travels, he carries little swabs for collecting genetic material from strangers.
Dr. Sykes, a human genetics professor at Oxford University and a science adviser to the British House of Commons, loves showing people the astonishing history hidden in...
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The assholiness thing is kinda like the frog story. If you put a frog in a pan of boiling water he'll jump out immediately.......BUT, if you put him in a pan of cold water and slowly turn up the heat, he will stay in the pan until he boils to death.
If the change is gradual enough either you don't notice it or you keep justifying the little changes to yourself. A little change is not big deal. Problem is that by the time it get to that point that you take notice of it.....it's too late. It's already gotten out of control.