Let's not conflate abilities with capabilities. Clearly abilities depend on economic factors. I interpret this thread's root comment to refer to capabilities. T

Let's not conflate abilities with capabilities. Clearly abilities depend on economic factors. I interpret this thread's root comment to refer to capabilities. To add more anecdotes to the mix, I work with a few Africans on a daily basis and they are highly talented, more so than myself. Perhaps this is skewed by immigration; that would lead me to believe that intrinsic capabilities approximately average out between the continents and hence my agreement with the root comment.