SlavicWolf Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Some scholars (Rushton, Lynn) say that some races, whites and east asians in particular are more intelligent than other populations and that this difference is mostly genetic. The explanation given is that these two populations evolved in harsh Eurasian climate with cold winters, which selected for such traits as higher intelligence, lower levels of aggression, more stable family structure, better social cohesion etc. It kinda makes sense but I am not entirely convinced. For example, in pretty much every country where mized white-black populations exist, blacks have lower levels of education and far higher crime rates and even in these black-majority countries in which blacks have lower crime rates than most western countries, whites have even lower so it is impossible for these differences to be entirely cultural. Blacks in the US have the highest levels of testosterone in the world and the highest levels of prostate cancer, they also commit 50% of homicides while constituting ~15% of the population. East Asians on the other hand are far more educated and have negligible crime rates. This topic has been discussed on variou boards and so far no meaningful conclusion has been reached. Edited March 8, 2014 by SlavicWolf
hypervalent_iodine Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 ! Moderator Note Nope. I'm closing this pending review.
Phi for All Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 ! Moderator Note The Staff feels this question deserves some rational discussion, but not based on what the OP has presented as a starter. Beginning with a shaky Appeal to Authority foundation and following up with crime statistics that ignore socioeconomic factors, this argument is simply not going to be strong enough to last past the first page, but will inevitably gather several pages of repetition and ire. Can we have another, better supported attempt at starting this discussion? Please? Does that sound fair? SlavicWolf, I'm leaving this thread closed but you should open another, and please make sure to support your conclusions with rigor. That thread will be under the microscope and we want a productive discussion. "Heat without flame" is our motto here, And please, EVERYONE, anecdotal stories are NOT evidence, and will probably be hidden from view if that's all that a post has to offer as support. Thanks for your patience in this. 2
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