Oh MorganLee,

You and your g. What is intelligence we ask. It's g he says! What is g? Group factors. And what are group factors? Intelligence he says! You and your g.

Seriously: Ignorant though I am - let's try this one on for size.

1) Define intelligence.

2) List the genes involved in promoting intelligence.

3) Describe how these genes interact with our hormones and which ones. Describe how they influence brain development and how. Describe the proteins, chemical reactions and neurobiology involved.

4) As a result of this, describe how much effect environment has on intelligence, so defined.

5) And finally... Prove that genetic racial differences exist with respect to intelligence and describe how and why they came about.

Can you? No.

You say: Those books are sound and are accepted as standard references by intelligence researchers. If you think otherwise, you are exposing yourself as badly misinformed.

Here is what Scientific American says about sound author, Richard Lynn:

"Lynn's distortions and misrepresentations of the data constitute a truly venomous racism, combined with scandalous disregard for scientific objectivity. Lynn is widely known among academics to be an associate editor of the racist journal "Mankind Quarterly" and a major recipient of financial support from the nativist, eugenically oriented Pioneer Fund"

And here is a reprint.

Regarding sound author Mr Jensen, here is the opening abstract from a psychology paper:

"Jensen (1998) differs from Jensen (1969) only in statistical elaboration. Although 'intelligence' is described as a construct' and therefore something that should be discarded as a word, it lives on as 'g' which in fact is a construct of factor analysis. 'Races' may themselves be social constructs, but since people believe in them, they live on as entities to be invested with varying amounts of 'g'. However, not only do races have no biological coherence, but an assessment of the millions of years of hominid prehistory leads to the espectable null hypothesis that there should be no difference in mental capability between any of the human groups in the world. Assumptions to the contrary qualify as racialism and actions based on those assumptions qualify as racism."

And here is the link

I've trawled through enough of this muck - you'll forgive if I wade in no further.

Thus again I assert: I would suggest sir that you came by your opinions first and your evidence afterwards.

By all means reply but I have grown a bit tired of you and humanity needs my services so don't expect a response in return.

All the best now!