Problematic IQ science from Scientific American Magazine?

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[–]zyxzevn 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Within Africa the different tribes have very "racist" opinions of each other.
There are also huge differences between people of different European countries, we all make jokes about each other.

In the US the differences between people are lost due to political correctness.

[–]TheJamesRocket 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There are also huge differences between people of different European countries, we all make jokes about each other.

Cultural and language differences, yes. Ethnic differences, not really. Europe is a small continent, it is ethnically homogenous for the most part.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's not true at all. Europe has always had conflict between countries and often even within countries between different groups. Ethnicity is literally any common group identity that is not universal. So if a group of people who live in the mountains start dressing a certain way, and worshiping a certain way, that becomes an ethnicity. There are literally countless ethnic groups. And it's not a meaningless term because those ethnic differences are very important to people. It identifies your tribe/community. It's usually a far more important identity to people than their nationality. Ethnic conflict has always been rampant, just like sibling rivalry. Ethnic groups are far more likely to fight with other local ethnic groups because they are in competition for scarce local resources.

[–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You do realize that in the US the vast majority are descended from more than one race don't you?

[–]TheJamesRocket 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

'Reality has a liberal bias!' -Some shitlib.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

On the one hand anyone worth talking to already understands that black people generally have a lower IQ and that a lower IQ is strongly correlated with the ability to be self aware. However, the fact that the black kids react differently to the mirror image of themselves than they do to strangers does suggest that our assumptions about the meaning of these tests is possibly not accurate. I think we need to re evaluate what we think we are seeing in these tests. Obviously the people who perform these experiments are going to exaggerate the significance of their findings, and make bold conclusions because they have an incentive to sell the value and significance of it.

We need to be honest about not only who is failing but about why they are failing so we can learn from this research. Otherwise it is all just a huge waste of time and money. We also need to be honest about (((who))) is corrupting science and preventing the truth from being discussed, published, and even studied.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ok, but they should be more scientific. A black mark on a light background is not equivalent to a white mark on a dark background. It would be even better if you painted the white children black and the black children white then compared the results.

You also have to control for what surfaces the baby has encountered before the test is conducted. Even baby bottles can show reflections.