Blacks Less Intelligent Than White People Says Nobel Laurette

There is really no scientifically valid way of telling either way,so for a scientist to make that remark,he is operating on shaky grounds.

Sure you can check quite easily by DNA sequencing and differential analysis of white and black genes for cognition. But it is a very ethical and touchy subject which practically no scientist wants to go into.  If the results come out and show there are sharp differences (apart from skin color) it might cause serious racial problems, depending on who's favoured. For now, its all conjectures and no scientific evidence.

Is there a gene for cognition?

LMAO


Maybe Germanin will tell us on what chromosome that is.


Japan does not give a damn about ethics  and that is why they are @ the forefront germline manipulations. If there was a gene for cognition those guys would have gone after it a long time ago

And the search for proof and validation continues!  Is this another phase of "denial"?

There is no gene that codes for intelligence, it is a learned behaviour. We might as well start looking for genes that code for eating and smiling.

How can I make this thread stop showing up when I log on 

I don't believe you have the right meaning of the word intelligence there at all. If you look at the dictionary meaning I posted above, you will see that Science can not make anyone do anything. There was also a time when people refused to believe that we have anything in common with apes and what do we have today?? we are about 98% ape, does that then mean we are to act like apes and appear as apes?? NO,  it is simply what it is and we decide how we then apply that knowledge either to our benefit or to our own detriment. If there is  really a gene that codes for intelligence, we do not know at this time but we can do a lot with that knowledge. If you think about it, we already have a situation were we know that the gene that codes for the protein melanin is more abundant in darker skinned people than it is in lighter skin people. Has that in any way caused the lighter skinned people to feel inferior to the darker skinned people?? Do you think they stay up at night crying about how they are cursed with lower melanin ration than the dark people??

If this happens, regardless of where we are in our maturity level, will we ever be able to get past the EMOTIONAL TANTRUMS and actually use this information to our good?? Case and point China. Chinese people understand that they do not have as much know how in many fields as people in the western world. Do you know how China has been able to move itself from the list of under developed countries to almost top of the list of developing countries?? China has simply taking it on itself to copy exactly what is already working best in countries like the US and europe and basically multiplied these processes to the point that it is able to cause a shift in the market in it's own favour. Go anywhere in China and you will see that they really do not have many new things but they have so many of the same models used in the western world in great numbers and have used the knowledge to their advantage.

The may not have created anything new but they have INTELLIGENTLY Used what already exists to not only boost their status in the world but have actually placed themselves in a position of next economic power if all goes well and they play their cards right. What is to stop Africa from doing same??

You are still confusing behaviour with intelligence. They are two different things. For the Feral Child, his intelligence would be measure by his ability to learn new languages and adapt in his new environment should he be taken from the forests and brought into, say a city. That child could still be seen as an intelligent child based on how he is able to adapt to his environments, even in the forest. Intelligence is not about BOOK SMARTS at all but more about how best you are able to adapt to your surroundings.  Example,  Say in Africa, a child is born in the village and is then refused school, the child can still be a very intelligent child. This child could actually grow up to be a better leader than even the kids in his own village who were blessed with being allowed education. I do not equate intelligence with level of education and I am not sure that is what Dawson was trying to do at all. Stupid is what I see happening in, say South Africa where Old educated men sex-attack babies believing that that evil will rid them of the other evil which in majority of the cases they could have prevented by simply using condoms. That is STUPIDITY and not intelligence. Stupid is a case where Educated man like the kind of swaziland sees his people in poverty but his priority is his getting a 14th wife and having the women bear their chests as his way to choose a wife. By the way, the man is educated. Stupid is the way We in Nigeria continue to do the same things over and over and over expecting somehow things will magically change in our favour when we know from experience it will not, and mind you, we are educated people doing this in Nigeria. 

I would say you should please explain your question so I can know how to better answer. From my post there, I mention the chinese have shown they are intelligent in the way they have, instead of sitting to redefine the wheel, have taken what already exists and used it to their own advantage. You asking me if the Chinese are MORE INTELLIGENT than africans?? I am not sure how to aproach that yet. Please elaborate on what exactly you are asking

Case and point. Look at India for example. Sure they have book smarts, but what has that actually done for them as a people?? Comparing India to China alone. Look at the condition of those economies? China is more highest populated country in the world and can not boast of the same number of book smart people as india can but check out the two countries and their place in the big picture alone. Book Smarts falls under Intelligence but is not all there is to intelligence.

China
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 86.5% (2000 census) 


India

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61%
male: 73.4%
female: 47.8% (2001 census) 




I did not say that there are more educated people in India than in China, I said and as I repeat up there and according to your own post earlier, the indians have more book smarts than the chinese.

From my own observation and experience and I wait to be proven wrong on that.

Check this article

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=125

This is what I have come to believe, again based on experience and observation

I would think that is what this is about ?? Book Smarts , in this case, Quality VS Quantity ??

I am not sure I can say for sure that Blacks do better than Latinos. Have no information to show that at all.

I don't know what you mean but like I have been saying all along,  book smarts has little to do with intelligence. Intelligence is not about being able to reharsh what you read ,  know ,  it is about being able to apply what you know to improve your life/situation.

Take for instance Africa, as a whole we have so many people in that continent who are excellent in their fields as well. Go anywhere in the world and you will find african's who excell in their fields but has that knowledge been applied in africa?? Many of our leaders can boast of college education in one school or another abroad. Has it ever meant that because they are graduated with a 4.0 from some school abroad means they are the best candidate for the position?? Like I have said all along BookSmarts is one thing but when it comes down to what Dawson is speaking of, He is talking of more. I myself have met quite a few Chinese people who I can say are smarter than their indian counterparts. I mean sure there are those who have to break the mold but in general, I have not met quite a lot of them.