Thanks for replying, Tom. I feel that there are many factors which influence a person's intelligence. While some of it (all of it?) may be genetic there may also be environmental factors which affect brain development - thus allowing "intelligence" to be maximized, minimized or whatever in b/w.

...this is why I think basing conclusions about intelligence solely upon genetics (and consequently race) is inadequate and doesn't make a lot of sense. So, I do find similarities b/w this article and Watson's comments. I also find it may be worthy of study to see how race and genetics may affect intelligence - but not without acknowledging the endless other factors at play.

So I guess we're on a similar plane, here.