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Yes, I do. It's biologically implausible that race has a significant impact on intelligence. If you think that socio-cultural factors don't have a massive impac
by Gatsky 12y ago
Yes, I do.
It's biologically implausible that race has a significant impact on intelligence. If you think that socio-cultural factors don't have a massive impact on IQ scores, then look at what has happened to the IQ scores of women in the last century, and not surprisingly, that this varies between countries [1].
[1] http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/beautiful-minds/201207/men-women-and-iq-setting-the-record-straight http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/beautiful-minds/201207/men...
- throwaway451 12y ago> Yes, I do. It's biologically implausible that race has a significant impact on intelligence. Surely you would agree we're smarter than Gorillas. Given that, how long as human intelligence been fixed? How long has it not been a selective force in evolution for humans? Does evolution not apply to the human brain?
- Gatsky 12y agoWhat's your point? Your contention that race influences intelligence isn't proven, so how does invoking an evolutionary framework help? Evolution is a great idea, but the evolutionary history of humans is of course almost entirely speculative. I'm not an evolutionary biologist, but I think there is enough trouble explaining why we walk up right or have smaller jaws than neanderthals let alone explaining how we evolved current levels of intelligence.