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Originally Posted by Olympic Flame
In the same way the people in the past take for granted that the sun rise above the earth as they see it everyday. Seeing is believing right? What really matter is the scientific rigour behind any theory.
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Shades of Hume. And do you recall what Hume had to say about the 'Negro'?
None of these scientific theories or indeed facts negate the proposition that ranges of intellect are likely to differ widely between ethnic groups, as much genetically 'programmed' as the shape of a skull or the colour of skin.
In the absence of proof to the contrary it would appear to be the 'default' position.
As I am a thoroughgoing Darwinian who accepts that my ancestors included monkeys I am hardly likely to be knocked backwards by the notion that my later forebears may have been 'Black Africans'
The point is that whoever and whatever those ancestors may have been all ethnic groups have been busy mutating away from them ever since and it seems an obvious proposition that in some groups the development of intellect will be more pronounced than others.
Are you seriously suggesting that ranges of intellect have developed in equal step across all ethnic groups and sub-groups?