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Re: Race and IQ
Transboy, I agree there will be Asian, world-class geniuses, in the future. Just not as many per capita, as Europe produces. I think a lot of the reason is biological, but not all. Part of it is definitely cultural. European culture, as Einstein once put it, ''is at the start, based on individualism''. Chinese culture is based on the group. I ...
Posted to Human Nature by Tim Bitts on November 22, 2007
IQ means something
The socialist position is, ''No one has a firm idea on what 'intelligence' is other than it's what IQ tests measure.'' Does that mean IQ is a totally useless predictor of behavior? Consider the following: ''Travis Hirschi and Michael Hindelang . . . make a strong case for the argument that IQ is a better predictor of criminality than ...
Posted to Human Nature by Epicurus on November 4, 2007