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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Subject: Re: RACE and IQ 
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A lot of people seem very upset at the very idea that there might be
differences in mental capability between races. Let's forget the red
herring of whether IQ tests measure anything important. Since the
different races of man differ in their muscular structure, their skin
colour, their type of hair, their distribution fo blood types, their
liability to certain diseases, their reaction to various toxins, their
sexual dimorphism, and so on, it would be rather surprising if despite
all these physiological differences that they turned out to have
identical mental capabilities. Just as surprising as if men and women
turned out to have identical mental capabilities despite all their
physiological differences.
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
"The mind reigns, but does not govern" -- Paul Valery
