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[Tony_Balony]

[bucheon bum]

[SPINOZA]

The strangest aspect to intellgence and race is that East Asians always score marginally higher than caucasians (+).

If that is the reality, why is it only the Japanese who perform as well as the US, European and Commonwealth countries economically? One thing all humans agree on is that more wealth is better than less wealth and that power is good. Why therefore are the richest countries historically and to this day overwhelmingly ethnically European?

Why did the Chinese economy only recently (2005) take over the British economy with 1300 million Chinese against 60 million Brits?

Why has it always been the Brits and the Americans responsible for major inventions (car, airplane, Concorde, space shuttle, Mars Rover, world wide web, computer, telephone, steam engine......) and discoveries, and not, say, the Chinese?

Why, if the Hong Kong Chinese are the smartest race in the world (why can't I find that link? I saw it only last week!), why did these people mostly yearn to remain under British rule (and not hand over to Chinese rule) during the handover of Hong Kong in 1997?

Why - if South Koreans are the 2nd or 3rd smartest race - does South Korea have only 8 universities in the top 500 compared to, say, Australia with 14 (with twice Australia's population)? Would those of us who live and work with Koreans on a daily basis be happy to conclude that we're amongst the 2nd or 3rd cleverest race on Earth?

Why does South Korea have only one Nobel Laureate in its history, compared to 30 in Sweden?

How are these immigration to the United States statistics reconcilable with indigenous populations of East Asia being marginally more intelligent generally than people of European ethnicity?

And why, finally, do non-western societies come under the influence of Westernization in matters like industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, language, religion and values....if Caucasians on average are marginally less intelligent than East Asians?

All this, by the way, is entirely legitimate comment, not an argument for racial supremacy.

[jinju]

So what is wrong with what he said? Let's not beat around the bush and act all PC. Anyone who has been to Africa knows that they are not on the level of the west in terms of education and scientific sophistication. face the facts people, whle it may not be a race issue, it sure as hell is a cultural one. And the sad fact is that Africa is unable to take care of itself because it is a land where science loses out to supersition. is it that they are less intelligent because they are black? I dont know. But they ARE less intelligent and the reality of the state of Africa proves it.

[Nowhere Man]

[Alyallen]

Read through the thread. Not too surprised by what I read.

Ultimately, who gives a shit? I am not representative of anything but myself and my upbringing, so let him say Blacks are stupid or whatever. I've proved that wrong throughout my life. That's also true of my "white trash" friends, my fresh off the boat Carib friends (Black, White or Hispanic), my Chinese friends, my Korean friends and anyone else who took the opportunities given to them and used them. In the end, there are always lots of examples that disprove any stereotype or generalization.

So in the end, it only made news because of who said it, not necessarily because of what was said.

SLOW NEWS DAY.

[Cheonmunka]

I think everybody is a little different. You know the standard deviation of IQ. If I grow from seed a black flower in a pot next to a white flower and feed them the same, I'm sure they will both, within a standard deviation, grow the same.
We are products of our environments, give or take.

[On the other hand]

[mindmetoo]

Actually let me withdraw my "confused old man" line of defense. I read more. Watson went on to say something about "anyone who has worked with black people know they're not as intelligent." And then he's earlier slagged women and homosexuals.

[dmbfan]

[agentX]

Intelligence doesn't necessarily relate to circumstances. That's what Watson is missing with his conclusions.
Having a 200 point IQ doesn't mean you'll make it out of Hell' kitchen, or 21st Street in Oakland or even out of the grinding poverty of Bangladesh.

[ED209]

[bigverne]

[Mix1]

[mack4289]

Where has the PC backlash come from? I haven't heard anyone get offended just by having intelligence as it relates to race discussed. Hasn't the anti-PC, bracing-yourself-to-get-persecuted-by-the-thought-police stance gotten as tired and irritating as the PC movement itself?