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[โ€“] essell@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is a common misconception? What education system is failing people this badly?

[โ€“] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

In my experience, it's usually people trying to overexplain "homo sapiens sapiens" and "homo sapiens neanderthalensis" because they don't know anything about the topic at hand except those words. Subspecies on the character sheet has always been a technicality issue.