Tim Bates wrote:
> Why does knowing that IQ is "real" (read: "general ability is a valid
tim i am thinking about the closest thing we have seen to a modern
race war is the well known example of the rwanda tutsis vs hutus.
these two groups went at each other with no apparent motive (that
i know of) other than the notion that ones own race is superior
in some way to the other's. the examples you gave (germany vs
the genetically indistinguishable english and french) was i think more
political or economic, altho the retoric of the time was definitely racist.
> construct) and that it is heritable ( read: heritability is greater than
> zero in any known environment) lead to racism and even race war?
i recognize the extreme sensitivity of this topic, and hope that we all treat it with care. i am waaay outside of my area of expertise here, so i am asking more than actually stating an opinion. {8-] spike