Re: No Genius Left Behind

"R. Steve Walz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > > But
> > > > well...Niels Bohr would be fairly right-brained. At least compared to
> > > > Einstein. What about Erwin Schrodinger? Yet subatomic particles still
> > > > exist, and they still behave so unpredictably.
> > > >
> > > > An interesting thing ignored by Yerkes's tests in the Army: Northern
> > > > blacks beat Southern whites.
> > > ------------
> > > Now why don't I doubt that??
> > 
> > But it's nice to throw makemyday's whole perspective out of whack.
> > 
> > Naturally, it was one of the few sections ignored entirely by the majority.
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> Hahahahah!

Remember, Steve, this was the era of eugenics. Essentially, any trait
not putting whites and specifically Germanic speakers on top was
thrown out or explained away. In fact, it was only within the last
couple decades that Orientals were given top position on IQ by
biological determinists, and only then because Japan and South Korea
are hard to ignore.

Another thing you'll notice is, variation within members of the same
race is largely ignored by biological determinists: The reason is
given by Phillippe Rushton himself; it 'obfuscates heirarchal order'.
(Read: He can't get the results he wants unless he fudges his
numbers.)

> > > > Perhaps better than 'generic intelligence' (i.e., a genius), we should
> > > > focus on specific parts of the brain.
> > > --------------
> > > Now if we only understood what they did.
> > 
> > I guess I meant we should focus on specialties.
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> Sure. There are things we can say, but understanding is going to
> still take a while!

For example, I can't figure out for the life of me how being better at
math would make someone a better lawyer.