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Well to be clear, I was making the bolded statement in reference to the discussion in this thread about scholastic performance, economic performance, crime incidence, etc. I think it's obvious there are things which we aren't discussing in this thread which are almost exclusively nature (such as what species you are, what sex you are) or almost exclusively nurture (hair length, language spoken).
What I am saying is pertaining to the variables we are discussing in this thread, nature plays a greater role than nurture. Just like no matter what you feed or how you train your average white male far less of them will be able to dunk a basketball compared to black males, and no matter how you motivate or what teachers/schools you give a black male far less of them will ever be doctors or rocket scientists compared to white males.
So the study you cited about traits and disease is irrelevant. It says nothing about the variables we are discussing and there is no way you can just assume or extrapolate what is the case for traits and diseases would be the case for these variables we are discussing.
A lot of people in this thread seem to be clinging to idea it's all about education. I'm just saying I think it's no more about education than dunking a basketball is about training. Sure you can add a couple inches to your vertical leap but the majority of it is genetics. Black populations all over the world in a wide variety of environments all suffer from poverty, crime, corruption, etc. and I think that is a strong indicator of how little nurture has to do with the variables we are discussing.
Fantastic Post. Yuge Challenge to Dialog on Nature/Nuture and other factors, any conversation that broaches upon differences in Race is that. "Race".
We have never been allowed to Dialog on anything to do with Race. This not true of Black People, somehow. Blacks can express whatever they desire about White People, today they are even applauded and encouraged to Disrespect White People, they can do so as much and as viciously as they desire.
Conversely:
Whites cannot say anything that might be even remotely close to 'not entirely positive' about Blacks.
We've never been even allowed to HAVE the Dialog thats taking place here. Re: Biological, Physiological, Genetic Factors. Nature and Nurture.
Point Being: had we not been Forbidden to even just EXPLORE possibilities into why differing Races manifest Behaviors and Aptitude Levels in varying things...had we been allowed to have these conversations we'd be farther down the road on this topic.
Society, the PC Groove of Facade of "not being Racist" whatever the cost to a Society, to accomplish that appearance of Not Being Racist:
This has cost us. This has contributed to us being Stuck. There is no College Professor in the world, UWisconsin of anywhere who should Forbid a Dialog of what factors may play a role in how differing Races of people behave, and No College Student or any other person who should put The Kabbutz on such Discussion.
In Related News: I feel like Brain Scientists basically don't know much about The Human Brain, how that works.
I think its like how so much of the Ocean Floor is yet undiscovered, totally Unknown. Too Vast, Too Deep.
Brain Scientist are running a Scam here. They have been for Decades. They pop out occasionally with an article in The Journal of Medicine
that is just Fancy Medial Words but contains Zero Added Knowledge about the Human Brain. Brain Scientists are just sitting around in their Labs handicapping games and Betting All Sports.
Revelation comes some day that Brain Scientists were The Biggest Degenerate Gamblers on Earth. And that they knew absolutely No Thing about how Human Brains work.
Wizards of OZ, fuggin' Brain Scientists. Look behind The Curtain: they're Moving Betting Lines. They're Whales. Degenz.
What a Scam.