black people are less intelligent that white people says Nobel Prize winner
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2677098.ece
discuss.
(topics involving race are always fun to watch unfold)
edit: I typed "that" instead of "than" in the title, can't edit it......you get the gist.
wasn't expecting this from James Watson. him and Crick were and still are great scientists.
what does he mean by this
He says that you should not discriminate on the basis of colour, because “there are many people of colour who are very talented, but don’t promote them when they haven’t succeeded at the lower level”.
lower level?
Originally posted by InnerRise
Should be [B]"THAN" intead of "THAT" in the title of this thread.That Nobel Prize Winner is a hypocrite b/c he's obviously the less intelligent one.
Anata wa wakarimasu ka..... [/B]
Originally posted by SelphieT
Heeheehee, that's my InnerRise!
thanks for the great posts 😐
Originally posted by inimalist
So, is everyone just unanimous in the idea that there is no racial difference in IQ?
There might be, but is it really something we should point out? Is it really something that truly matters? Why should we point out how other races are less intelligent? And if they are less intelligent, who cares, they'll be geniuses towards something else.
There will always be individuals that may be from something that others think is "dumb", but are smarter than majority of others. I'm pretty sure we have quite the diversity of Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Originally posted by inimalistthere may be a difference in intelligence or the way we process information. maybe there is a difference in the way we disseminate information. there is no problem with that.
So, is everyone just unanimous in the idea that there is no racial difference in IQ?
but saying blacks are not as smart as others is bullshit, and im not black.
Originally posted by SelphieT
There might be, but is it really something we should point out? Is it really something that truly matters? Why should we point out how other races are less intelligent? And if they are less intelligent, who cares, they'll be geniuses towards something else.There will always be individuals that may be from something that others think is "dumb", but are smarter than majority of others. I'm pretty sure we have quite the diversity of Nobel Peace Prize winners.
If there are significant differences in the cognitive abilities of different races, the idea that social solutions that worked for one race would also work for other races becomes much more questionable. If people are intelligent in "different ways" it becomes of the utmost importance when trying to design ways to make their lives better.
And from a very basic scientific point of view, there is value in all knowledge, and this could lead to many other discoveries about how our brains work.