Re: regarding that infamous book, "The Bell Curve"

From: Michael S. Lorrey (mike@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 09:38:32 MST


"J. R. Molloy" wrote:

> Cynthia wrote,
> >The reason why it is called the Bell Curve is because it is about
> >differences, differences between all kinds of groups, even brothers.
> >The authors made the hard decision to include the racial data, despite
> >the hate publishing that information would draw for a reason. And the
> >is because leftists interpret the fact that some racial groups do not
> >do as well as others, as proof that America is racist. As it turns
> >out IQ has more to do with success; than race, education, or social
> >economic background.
> >
>
> The Bell Curve shows a statistical (but not an absolute) correlation between
> various groups and IQ.
> Likewise, one can show a statistical (but not an absolute) correlation between
> brain size and IQ.
> Einstein had a smaller than average brain.

However, it has recently been shown that one part of his brain was twice the size
that normal people have.

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