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>If you think each of those groups of people has the potential to be as talented as any other, then why is there a discrepancy? Because you think wrong. >Give
by MustardTiger 10y ago
>If you think each of those groups of people has the potential to be as talented as any other, then why is there a discrepancy?
Because you think wrong.
>Given the starting point of "all these groups of people have the same capacity for talent and skill"
Why take something we know to be false as your starting point though?
- Aaron1011 10y agoWhat evidence do you have that "we know this to be false"?
- MustardTiger 10y agoThe overwhelming scientific evidence that we are not all the same. Racial differences have been measured over and over again, and are quite significant. And what I find striking is how often the people living in their "everyone is equal" fantasy bubble will admit this, depending on the context. For example, 117 people have run the 100m in less than 10 seconds. Do you know how many of them are women? Of course you do. Almost everyone is willing to admit this is a genetic difference. Do you know how many of those men are black? 113. Most people are also willing to admit this is genetic, especially when you point out that we've identified specific genes giving west Africans an advantage in sprinting. But suddenly when the same observations are made about IQ, then it becomes "racist pseudo-science", despite a complete inability to offer any valid criticism of the science involved.