RE: BIOLOGY: race is an invalid concept

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 10:36:48 MDT


Robert wrote:

> It would seem to be a better use of the time of the people involved
> to actually go look through the genome and PubMed (there *are* online
> after all) to try to find linkages between racial trait genes and
> intelligence genes. [Of course it isn't very polticially correct
> to suggest this.] If one found a close linkage between such genes
> then at least one would have a testable hypothesis. Hurling more
> or better correlative evidence at each other and spending time
> debating why someone is or isn't a troll seems pretty unproductive.
> But of course that is just my opinion.
>
### I wonder if you read the questions and commends I had about this issue,
namely the lack of importance of physical linkage in relation to cognitive
differences between races. You seem to believe this is crucial but I simply
fail to see the connection. Can you give me a step-by-step description of
your reasoning?

Rafal



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