> Dana wrote: > mm. There may be a genetic component to people's capacity for some of > those qualities which is nutured or hindered by the environment. I > still see no reason why a predisposition to intellectual, emotional, > or mechanical ability would correlate with curly hair or skin color > any more than it would correlate with a predisposition to allergies. >
So here's what I don't get about that point: we can say, with 100% certainty, that Ashkenazi Jews have a higher probability of cystic fibrosis. I'm also certain we could agree that many Ashkenazi Jews share certain physical qualities. So it follows that if you look like a Ashkenazi Jew you *probably* have a higher likelihood of having cyctic fibrosis. So why is out of bounds to say, for example, that if you look like a Ashkenazi Jew you *probably* have higher intelligence than group X based on test Y? They seem to be the exact same thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245366 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
