>> Dana wrote: >> I don't think that the answer is for people to study up on the culture >> they are written to. Cultural diversity is as valuable as genetic >> diversity imho. >> > >The answer to what? > >All I'm saying is that the Dr. Watson dude probably has seen all kinds >of data suggesting that Africans (be they black or no) are genetically >predisposed to being less intelligent than others.
But its not his field, nor is he knowledgable in intelligence research. So while he may be one of the top senior scientists in genetics, he is a layman when it comes to research involving intelligence. > >So he gets in trouble by saying so publicaly and then backs off >because he realizes that the statement is too politically incorrect >for your average person; that the implication is an inconvenient >truth. He got in trouble for making an ignorant and stupid remark. > >My point is that he *could*, could be right and that it's not racist >to say so. I'm NOT saying Dr Watson isn't racist; maybe he is and >that's why he said what he did. But it doesn't change the fact that >there may be a correlation between skin color and intelligence, >whatever the measure it. The data does not support such a position. Go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez This is NIH's online database of research articles and books. Do a search on race and intelligence. After winnowing out the chaff, you'll be left with about 400 studies or so that show that there is no statistically significant correlation between the two that cannot be better explained by other factors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245402 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
