Read the two stories at http://muvy.org

"Joe" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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James Watson was right about what specifically; that there is a
difference?
It's highly unlikely that what we define as intelligence is 100%%
genetically determined and any measured difference could be largely
accounted for by nurture. This is genetics 101 and combined with
Statistics 101 (correlation does not imply causation), leaves me
disappointed to see someone this accomplished drawing (IMO) a very
questionable conclusion.

It's a fact that the differences "within" the white and black
populations are greater than the difference "between" the two
populations.
Some people have a problem with being right rather than understanding a
greater need for political inactivity.

One last thing; did the fox count the chickens?

Phil H

On Nov 18, 5:47 pm, "Phil Holman" wrote:

Being great when you are young doesn't necessarily imply you will be
great when you are old.

A lot of people claim that Nietzsche should be discredited because he
went insane.

Everything and everyone stands on it's own merits.

Bret Cahill

On Nov 19, 12:44 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:

Phil Holman wrote:

But regardless, we don't know for certain what it is
that underlies the differences in intelligence. It might
very well vary from case to case.

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Phil Holman wrote:

On Nov 19, 3:50 am, tg earthlink.net> wrote:

NATURE VIA NURTURE - genes, experience, and what makes us human
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/006000679X/qid=1093711993/

- INTELLIGENCE

Despite the sweeping successes of twin studies, a few features of
human behavior prove to be less heritable. The sense of humor shows
low heritability: adopted siblings seem to have quite similar senses
of humor, while separated twins have rather different ones. People's
food preferences seem to be barely heritable-you get your food
preferences from your early experience, not your genes (so do rats).
Social and political attitudes show a strong influence from the shared
environment-liberal or conservative parents seem to be able to pass on
their preferences to their children. Religious affiliation, too, is
passed on culturally, rather than genetically, though not religious
fervor.

What about intelligence? The debate about the heritability of IQ has
been scarred by controversy since its inception. The first IQ tests
were crude and culturally biased. In the 1920s, convinced that
intelligence...