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Re: Don't you see what Saletan is trying to do?
by Saletan Editor

Yes, the ground is changing. But can I just put in a plea, before this gets out of hand, to deracialize the question of genes and intelligence. I approached the question using that data initially because that was the given context of the James Watson uproar. But on reflection, I think race confuses the relationship between genes and intelligence, and it plays into our (in this case very destructive) weakness for grouping and judging each other by appearance. See <link>.

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