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From: ira@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ira Woodhead)
Subject: Re: RACE and IQ 
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Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 09:54:49 GMT
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In article <CyKHDG.Fnr@festival.ed.ac.uk> cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
>A lot of people seem very upset at the very idea that there might be
>differences in mental capability between races.

They aren't upset by the idea, they just have no use for it since it
is inherently inflammatory and unjustifiable.

>....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.

Just to clarify your status as flamebait: Are you saying it is a
worthwhile endeavor to look into possible differences of intelligence
between races, and even between sexes?

ira
