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   M Winther to All   
   Re: Insights into the Race Issue   
   13 Jul 10 14:45:46   
   
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   XPost: uk.philosophy.humanism, alt.society.conservatism, alt.society.liberalism   
   From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   "Dave Smith"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:d721edb6-8246-422d-88ca-b4d3c746ebac@c33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...   
      
   >Regardless of the intentions of the designer,  it must be difficult to   
   >ensure that IQ tests are not culturally biased.  I find the notion of   
   >intelligence rather vague -- is a precise definition possible ?   
   >Substantial changes in measured IQ over a relatively short period of   
   >time further muddies the water:   
   >   
   >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect   
   >   
   >   
   >Dave Smith   
      
   Asians do better than the Caucasians, who made the test.   
   This is evidence against cultural bias.   
      
   Mats   
      
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