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   XPost: uk.philosophy.humanism, alt.society.conservatism, alt.society.liberalism   
   From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   "Dave Smith"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:be4720ed-4111-4f16-834d-6debff8f574d@q35g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...   
   > On 23 July, 14:07, "M Winther"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> There is nothing wrong with my intelligence. I make the empirical   
   >> observation that Blacks are disadvantaged everywhere in the world.   
   >> I read books by Rushton, Lynn, Peter Watson, etc., and nobody   
   >> questions that Blacks, everywhere, have lower IQ. The point of   
   >> contention is what it depends on. Regardless, this must mean that   
   >> Blacks are at a disadvantage in modern society (but not in my country   
   >> because we have such a strong welfare system).   
   >>   
   >> Maybe all these scientists have hoodwinked me and made me believe   
   >> that there exists a pronounced racial IQ differential. It is possible   
   >> that   
   >> I have been fooled. But you will have to pinpoint the errors in their   
   >> research to make me change opinion in this matter.   
   >   
   > Your opinion seems to be that differences in IQ,  whether within   
   > groups or between groups,  are largely genetically determined.  If so,   
   > why have scores on IQ tests increased so considerably over a matter of   
   > a few decades?   
   >   
   > Dave Smith   
   >   
      
   Not that much, and they peak after a while anyway, as has occurred in   
   Denmark and in U.K. It is probably coupled with nutritional factors etc.,   
   which have improved since the fifties. A nation reaches its potential   
   under good living circumstances. The relative differences between races   
   are maintained, it seems.   
      
   Mats   
      
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