Re: [tips] The sadness of stats/selected racism

2010-12-18 Thread michael sylvester
Judith Harris brand brand of cultural determinisn usually implies latent biological underpinnings. Anyway Jim Clark noted some important stuff. We should never forget that environmental stimulation can change the structure and function of the brain.And in this regard the environmental factors b

[tips] The sadness of stats/selected racism

2010-12-18 Thread sblack
Michael Sylvester wrote: > Have you observed how re assessing the performance of blacks on various > achievement tests some behavioral > scientists (Jensen,Judith Harris and others) are quick to infer genetic and > hereditary factors as > determinants of the inferior performance? I have to cor

Re: [tips] The sadness of stats/selected racism

2010-12-17 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I believe that Phil Rushton DOES attribute his ordering Asian - White - Black largely to genetic differences. Plus, wouldn't one have to say that there are many more psychologists quick to attribute group differences to environmental factors? The probably correct answer, of course, is some

[tips] The sadness of stats/selected racism

2010-12-17 Thread michael sylvester
Have you observed how re assessing the performance of blacks on various achievement tests some behavioral scientists (Jensen,Judith Harris and others) are quick to infer genetic and hereditary factors as determinants of the inferior performance? And yet no one seems to allude to those genetic and