It was published standalone

you think a journal would run this? lmao

Journals tend to allow anything that was done properly to be published

*generally*

oh come on

don't suggest that science has not been political since the 60s

hell, when has it not been political

I would avoid enshrining any institution with such trust, even peer review breaks down under pressure

Im not saying its not

But they could still get it published

If you want to write this study off because it was self published be my guest

I don't need to convince you

Intelligence “is one of the best predictors of important life outcomes such as education, occupation, mental and physical health and illness, and mortality.” Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html

the significance of this is that it suggests poverty results in part from genetic predisposition to stupidity

Partially?

it is conjecture like your idea that genetics is unrelated

I didn’t say that

so don't take it over-seriosuly

I’m really just saying that because someone is more likely to be one way, don’t assume that they are

Human intelligence is highly heritable. Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v16/n10/abs/mp201185a.html

then that is a completely reasonable stance

it is easy to see that first generation black americans outperform the average native in intelligence and income

because they are selected to do so

And because someone is dumb doesn’t give them less rights or make them less human (I don’t believe you were arguing for this)

of course not

but if one were to make the reasonable assumption that blacks are probably significantly less intelligent than whites or asians on a genetic level

one would have to make very different policy decisions

Its way better to look at people on a person by person level imo

Everyone is different

that is a luxury we can't always afford

though i do agree

Even if there are some general trends

Really all that I would argue is that civic nationalism is destroyed by this reasonable assumption

you can't expect a people who are probably genetically less intelligent to pick up the torch of your society

Also its good to note that africans are **really** diverse so its not easy to characterize the entire thing

that is fair

if you made studies to isolate intelligent peoples within africa you could attempt with success to integrate them

generally speaking, I lean more to the idea that environmental factors influence iq more than genes. @Deleted User If I were you, I would be careful not to mix up pseudo-science with actual science. This stuff is controversial and for many people, it justifies racism and white superiority. Getting info mixed up with clearly racist anthropology and science makes you look racist and then ppl wont take you seriously

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I am racist and I don't mix up pseudo-science

remember that I told you to take any sociology paper with a grain of salt