If IQ group differences will be proven to be genetic, how'd you feel about AA? (user search)
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  If IQ group differences will be proven to be genetic, how'd you feel about AA? (search mode)
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« on: January 09, 2018, 10:15:24 PM »

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Racial differences in IQ don't prove that those differences are due to race. Genetic influence on IQ doesn't mean that IQ is unchangeable, or that your intelligence is predetermined no matter how much education you get.

Also, that Dawkins quote about human races being subspecies is scientifically bullsh**t, and extremely racist. I hope nobody believes that.

There is more genetic difference within populations that there is between populations. Humans are very similar genetically, and biologists agree that racial classification is biologically arbitrary. We exist on a continuum of genetically similar human populations, and we're all more alike than we are different; 99.9% alike in fact. We're all the same species; the genetic difference between an Indonesian and a Nigerian is incredibly small; race is arbitrary.

To be fair, the 99.9% figure is misleading. We are also 90-96% like chimpanzees for example.
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