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Originally posted by Odin88
Nice try, but you were yet to point me to any conclusive data. Your claim that because the difference in physical appearances between different races is the result of only small genetic differences, may be valid no doubt. But to than claim that as a result this almost certainly PROVES that intellectually differences are also minor to non-existant is indeed stupid.
I will check out the search results, though I am sure I could find equally convincing articles (by equally 'qualified' people) to support contradictary views. Come to think of it, I already see a contradiction between the human geonome project and the first result shown in Google. What is it .1% difference, or 15%?
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I actually did not look at the Google results before posting the Google link, and by no means support any articles or studies it may yield.
However, the .1% vs the 15% should be quite obvious. There is no vs. The .1% refers to changes within the human race, the 15% is 15% of the .1%, not of the whole. 15% actual difference is a lot more than, for instance, the difference between humans and chimps.
I'd have expected even you to pick up on that one.
Also, what you quoted from me is:
"There are a few visible physical differences, but those are genetically extremely small. There is no reason to believe the differences with regards to intelligence should be bigger."
I never said the opposite is true though. At this point, we only have very limited knowledge about the subject. Actually believing anything about it would be stupid.
We can, however, look a likeliness with the limited information we have. And, based on the knowledge we have right now, large differences in intelligence between races are rather unlikely.
Reasons for that are the small differences in other areas (which is enough reason for an educated *guess* about this particular area), but also our current knowledge about genetics (racial difference is very small when compared to individual difference) and iq test results.
I never said anything is "proven" with regards to genetics. We only have "likely" at this point in time. I think I already made that quite clear in my previous posts.