Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!zodiac!mcconnel From: mcconnel@zodiac.ADS.COM (Chris McConnell) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: IQ is not static, genetic differences inconsequential. Message-ID: Date: 1 Aug 89 00:04:07 GMT References: <3549@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> <4431@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <3558@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> <504@dcdwest.UUCP> <3612@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> Sender: news@zodiac.ADS.COM Organization: Advanced Decision Systems Lines: 10 In-reply-to: markh@csd4.milw.wisc.edu's message of 30 Jul 89 02:13:24 GMT For all the people on this thread, if you are really interested in this whole question, read the book "The Mismeasure of Man" by Stephen Jay Gould. It is a very interesting history and critical examination of the whole question of ranking races/sexes by some linear measure. If you are really in a hurry, just read the conclusion. The studies referred to about twins are well known as being bogus. (The guy who did them falsified his results.) The whole idea of IQ as a means of ranking race/sexes is totally bogus since the variation between individuals completely blows away the differences between averages in races.