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From: andrew@berlioz (Lord Snooty @ The Giant Poisoned Electric Head )
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Intelligence (was: IQ), Categorization (was: Racism)
Summary: strange thread
Message-ID: <548@berlioz.nsc.com>
Date: 30 Jul 89 07:45:43 GMT
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Taking a step back from the broohaha, it would be surprising to me if there
were NOT quantifiable differences in mean and standard deviation of a given
race's "intelligence", measured by any method, like IQ.
Before you expostulate over this, let me add that I predicate this statement
on the assumptions that:
	- it is possible to decouple behavioural influences
	- it is possible to measure in a fine-grained enough way
		(large menu of tests, sophisticated marking system)

I say this simply because of the diversity Nature exhibits.

The catch is the attachment of meaning to the measurement method!
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