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  • The Rights of the Resurrected

    What bothers me about the prospect of ''bringing to life'' a Neanderthal is not that we would be selectively modifying nearly-Human DNA, but the prospect of the terrible life that poor Neanderthal would lead. After all, if there is a good chance he or she will be able to speak or understand language, then there is also a very good chance that he ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Adantigus on November 25, 2008

  • What concerns me..

    Many years ago, men donated anonymously to sperm banks, and no telling how many times they returned to the same sperm bank. I wonder how many of those children, who are now adults, have come in contact with half-siblings, AND perhaps even married a half-brother or half-sister??? Also, a lot of men donated sperm for money. Can you just imagine ...
    Posted to Human Nature by GRSandGS on November 13, 2008

  • 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

  • Race and IQ

    On the topic of race, and intelligence, and the difference between Asians and Whites, the differences are more complex than indicated in the article. The article indicated Asians consistently scored higher than whites on IQ tests. It's more complicated than that. Yes, Asians score slightly higher than whites, on average, but it depends on which ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Tim Bitts on November 22, 2007

  • 'racial' differences

    How can we have a difference by race in IQ if there is no biological foundation for the concept of race in humans? Thus, the critical question, how are people categorized for these studies? Is it self-identification? Is race assigned by the IQ testers? Official stats are not reliable - not when a person can be assigned one 'race' at birth and ...
    Posted to Human Nature by jillanita on November 18, 2007