Latest scientific consensus on intelligence, does it justify racism?

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Originally Posted by Aenor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Economic status makes a difference.

yes, it does, obviously. there's a difference in average intelligence between members of the same race who occupy different positions of socio-economic status, it would only be logical to assume that the races as a whole have different average intelligence as well, given that the various races also occupy different positions on the socio-economic ladder.

that doesn't change the fact that when you control for socio-economic status, there persists a difference between intelligence that cannot easily be explained away by environment. the most parsimonious explanation is genetics.

Look up irremediable.

you're absolutely right. literally, the difference in IQ is remediable. we could, for instance, euthanize and/or sterilize any people who happen to deviate too strongly below the IQ average (let's say, an IQ of 80 or below). this would happen to more black people than it would white people, and it would happen to fewer east asians than it would whites, and would therefore cause the averages to converge. there are, after all, examples of blacks, whites, asians, jews, native americans, etc. who have an IQs significantly above 100, and if these members of their respective races were allowed to promulgate then the genetic gap in IQ would literally disappear.

however, are there any practical solutions? probably not. economic and sociological forces are widening the gap, if anything, with the poorest (and by extension, the dumbest) of global civilization reproducing significantly faster than the smartest.