> On Jun 3, 12:19 pm, RichAsianKid hotmail.com> wrote:

>> That's what science research says. I'm just connecting the dots here
>> so everyone can see the big picture.

>
> Good science is less about connecting "the dots" than
> about investigating the logically related questions
> that are generated with by the resulting data.
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>

>>
>> * * Dark Skin Correlates With Low Economic Growth (and by
>> implication, third world poverty!) * *

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> The oppression fueled by racism has also correlated with low economic
> growth
> and -by historical accounts- to today's third world poverty.
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>

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>> And it's due to lower IQ and thus lower scholastic achievements!
>>
>> (The last paper you have to read in full, but a graph should suffice.)
>> http://i12.tinypic.com/52bhzsi.jpg
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>> I bet some black posters will have a fit when they see this. But
>> again, truth hurts. The evidence is all there staring in your face in
>> peer-reviewed journals.
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>>
>> Relevant abstracts:
>>
>> (1) Dark Skin correlates with Lower IQ
>>
>> Title: Temperature, Skin Color, Per Capita Income, and IQ: An
>> International Perspective
>> Authors: Templer, Donald I.; Arikawa, Hiroko
>>
>> Abstract: The impetus for our study was the contention of both
>> Lynn
>> [Lynn, R. (1991) "Race differences in intelligence: A global
>> perspective." "Mankind Quarterly," 31, 255-296] and Rushton [Rushton,
>> J. P. (1995). "Race, evolution and behavior: A life history
>> perspective." New Brunswick, NJ: "Transaction"; Rushton, J. P. (1997).
>> "Race, intelligence, and the brain: The errors and omissions of the
>> revised edition of S.J. Gould's the mismeasurement of man."
>> "Personality and Individual Differences," 23, 169-180; Rushton, J. P.
>> (2000). "Race, evolution, and behavior. A life history
>> perspective" (3rd edition). Port Huron: Charles Darwin Research
>> Institute] that persons in colder climates tend to have higher IQs
>> than persons in warmer climates. We correlated mean IQ of 129
>> countries with per capita income, skin color, and winter and summer
>> temperatures, conceptualizing skin color as a multigenerational
>> reflection of climate. The highest correlations were -0.92 (rho =
>> -0.91) for skin color, -0.76 (rho = -0.76) for mean high winter
>> temperature, -0.66 (rho = -0.68) for mean low winter temperature, and
>> 0.63 (rho = 0.74) for real gross domestic product per capita.

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>
> If colder air temperature makes one smarter -
> wouldn t air conditioning raise a person's IQ
> and a hot sauna lower a person's IQ?
>
> Does a person's IQ drop if they are tested in a very hot room?
> how hot would it have to be for their IQ to drop if it does?
> Does a person's IQ increase if they are tested in a cold room?
> how cold would it have to be for their IQ to increase if it does?
> RFLOL.
>
> but seriously RAK ...
>
> Statistical analysis
> is more useful in formulating questions
> (for a future hypothesis to be tested)
> than it is in asserting or discovering
> a biological fact or conclusion.
>
> Statistics by
> its very nature is probablistic and inductive
> rather than mechanical and deductive.
>
> What you call "connecting the dots" (deductive reasoning)
> using statistics evidence is a foolhardy leap in faith
> for a pet theory --- often called "bad" science. (9_9)
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