S.T.A.G.E. said:
McGilliguts said:
Just because there are obvious cultural differences that effect intelligence and temperament does not mean there are not biological differences as well. Liberals just want to assume everyone is born equal, but evolution suggests that that is not the case.
As an example, imagine an isolated population that for several thousand years has highly valued education and learning. The individuals who will be the most esteemed in this society and therefore the most likely to have children and pass on their genetic traits will be the most intelligent members. Over time, this skews the average member of this society towards higher intelligence. Notice that this change is driven by culture, but also has a lasting genetic effect independent of culture. And such a group does in fact exist - the Jews. And no surprise, Jews are by many standardized measures such as iq among the most intelligent populations on earth with a disproportionate number of Nobel prize winners etc. part of this is culture, but genetics are just as important. |
Its not genetic exclusivity to a group, its dominantly culture. You also forget that there are jews of many ethnic backgrounds (twelve tribes in the text) even though they came from an ultimate source. Every group has the capacity to bring forth geniuses. Geniuses are a minority even within their own group, which makes them high in demand. Take India for instance. We see a lot of esteemed lawyers and doctors in this country no different than other Asians and whites, which makes the expectation of employment and higher test scores higher for Asians than whites but go to India and the amount of common people is very high. The success rate based on our standard testing in major highschools and colleges would level out no different than it is for whites.
They just recently found a black child in England who has a higher IQ than Einstein and Einstein was a jew (Then agan...there are black jews...so technically is being jewish a "race"?)
Eleven year old British child of African descent who scored higher than Einstein:
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/07/_11_year_old_uk_boy_scores_higher_than_einstein_on_mensa_iq_test.html
Fourteen year old white child who scored higher then Einstein:
http://www.inquisitr.com/1512469/smarter-than-albert-einstein/
The best takeaway that one can gather about these two individuals is that despite having very high intelligence levels what truly matters is how they apply it. If you don't apply it, what a waste no matter what background. In some peoples case because of hardships, they don't even get a chance to use it.
Geniuses are minoriities living amongst us all and they come in many shades.
You're right that not everyone is born equal though.
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I agree that every society can produce geniuses (although the rate and level of production is the real issue), and also that intelligence needs to be applied. Perhaps the most important ingredient to genius is actually creativity, something that does not appear to be directly heritable. I also agree that eq is generally more important for success in society and that most jobs, even well paying ones, don't actually require a high degree of intelligence at all. Still, society is carried forward by geniuses, so their importance can't be underestimated.
