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hijghula
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hijghula
4y ago
Sounds like the French system. Largely free (taxpayer-funded) at all levels but if you want to go into the best schools you better bring in your A-game because entrance requirements it to sit series of 4 hour long tests graded anonymously.
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hijghula
4y ago
Your second statement is incorrect. Having a racial bias would mean that IQ tests are incorrect (having significantly different errors) for certain samples/groups. But no one is saying that. Imagine a test to measure the resistance o
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hijghula
4y ago
They were not just researching "how to rain nuclear fire on the US" but also how to send the first satellite into space, send a probe on Venus, put the first man in orbit, etc.
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hijghula
4y ago
Culture largely flows from genetics, so I'm not quite sure what you are getting at.
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hijghula
4y ago
You accept that some people run faster ("uncontroversial") but somehow it is "unknowable" whether some people think faster?