From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 13:54:24 MDT
Have you read the book?
I find nothing in there that might be interpreted as a reason to divide
people by race.
Rafal
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[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Harvey Newstrom
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On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 01:34 pm, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> ### Since I am not a racist, I think I am not crawling out of the
> woodwork
> here. Can I draw you out to play a game, and tell us why the views
> expressed
> in the Bell Curve are not reasonable within Extropian philosophy?
No. I don't have the time nor inclination to argue the merits of that
book on this list. It will simply lead into debating the basics of the
scientific method, whether credentials are worth anything, and whether
scientists can be trusted. There are plenty of websites that document
the flaws in that book if you care to google for some. There also are
many researchers and studies referenced in that book who say they were
misrepresented in the book and their data was distorted to say the
opposite of what the researchers really found. If anybody really
wondered what the opposition was saying, they can find out for
themselves. There is no reason that this should be discussed here as if
it were an extropian topic. Dividing people by race is not necessary
for transhumanism, and seems less and less relevant as technology
advances.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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