11 Aug 2022 10:12 pm
FOS » 11 Aug 2022, 8:14 pm » wrote: ↑ what's the difference between races? Genes. That's biochemical lol. And yes scientists are already at the point where they can map certain genes to certain iq...they have been for at least 5 years. So these two approaches to intelligence have already converged to the same thing.
What a purely neurological analysis fails to do is connect the predictions to society as a whole and an individuals behavior and outcome in society.
The differences in the cardinal and Galileo were also one of consequence to the church's legitimate authority was being questioned. While it caused a stir in dogma which disproved the Catholic church's authority the changes were made and the church survived because a lot of Christianity is still on solid footing, just the flaws in natural law theories were exposed.
Is there a genetic relation to iq? Perhaps. What should we do in consequence to that reality? I feel that some are discredited with even human value. That's the missing point. One might be better than the other but the other isn't necessarily any less capable or in that notion a human being because of it.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.