In a message dated 96-12-13 02:36:46 EST, dthorn@gte.net (Dale Thorn) writes:
Subj: Re: Redlining Date: 96-12-13 02:36:46 EST From: dthorn@gte.net (Dale Thorn) Sender: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com To: EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU (E. Allen Smith) CC: cypherpunks@toad.com
E. Allen Smith wrote:
From: IN%"dthorn@gte.net" "Dale Thorn" 12-DEC-1996 14:56:52.69
Actually, there is not only good evidence for the environmental argument, but you can reason it out yourself if you give attention to some things that don't make it into most discussions on this topic.
Yes, there are strong arguments for the environment being the determining factor. there are also strong arguments (such as interracial adoption still leaving blacks below the average IQ of adopted siblings) for it being genetics.
It is possible to understand intelligence as "pattern matching" skills, without having to have attendant math and statistics to define it more precisely or clinically. This understanding (if you have it) is the key to knowing that Black persons do *not* have less IQ than White persons, regardless of the standardized tests. Something I know about, as I've scored in the top 1/1000 of one percent, etc.
Are you black?