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They probably do for intelligence. It's fairly well accepted that the Jewish high intelligence is genetic. It's not much of a stretch to consider that similar d
by lopmotr 7y ago
They probably do for intelligence. It's fairly well accepted that the Jewish high intelligence is genetic. It's not much of a stretch to consider that similar differences affect other ethnic groups too. There's no strong evidence to say that Europeans and Africans are genetically identical in intelligence so it's not reasonable to really believe that. But there are many ways to imagine how it could be true and that leaves room for blank-slaters to hold their belief of genetic equality specially carved out for intelligence alone among all human qualities.
- renjimen 7y ago> It's fairly well accepted that the Jewish high intelligence is genetic I haven't found anything conclusive for genetic differences in intelligence. The increased Jewish intelligence (at least, amonst Ashkenazi Jews, which is the subset most noted for their intelligence) could equally be ascribed to a culture of intense education. Nobody has ever done a cross-adoption study for Ashkenazi with non-Ashkenazi parents, and vice versa. I'm not what you would call a "blank-slater". Obviously we are a product of our environments, both during our lifetimes and evolutionarily. I find it hard to believe, however, that one set of humans required vastly different skills than another set, to the point where cognitive abilities didn't progress as far. There is no "easy life" in evolution. Competition is the same everywhere. If anything, the social systems in the western world could have allowed weaker genes to thrive where once they wouldn't.