Race and Intelligence

[ladiesman391]

I did notice however it had 1 positive feedback but 3 negative ones from academics so you may be right in your opinion on this but it's still hard to tell without the full 60 page review this article originates from.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

? I don't know anything about the guy so I couldn't comment on him

That was all you needed to say. Go educate yourself, I posted a link and everything!

 

[ImprobableJoe]

I did notice however it had 1 positive feedback but 3 negative ones from academics so you may be right in your opinion on this but it's still hard to tell without the full 60 page review this article originates from.

It isn't an opinion to say that Rushton and his organization are a bunch of racists with a reputation for academic misconduct and ties to white supremacists. There's nothing opinion-based about that.

 

[ladiesman391]

I read through the Pioneer Fund in Wiki, the link you posted, and i agree they appear to have racist motives behind their research. However just because someone has different views on the world doesn't mean you instantly discredit their work, that would be being bias, instead you have to go through the whole scientific process as to how they obtained their results and discredit it in a scientific manner, not a political one. In a scientific sense using IQ tests to determine if there's a genetic difference between races and intelligence is insufficient. Stronger evidence such as finding a gene that links race and intelligence would provide a much stronger argument but that isn't feasible at this stage so the only way you can scientifically discredit their work is to run your own tests which include a greater set of variables, than that used in Rushton's study, giving more accurate results or to study the whole 60 page review and point out any flawed or bias methods in the research and prove how they are flawed/bias in order to discredit their work, or parts of it at least.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

I read through the Pioneer Fund in Wiki, the link you posted, and i agree they appear to have racist motives behind their research. However just because someone has different views on the world doesn't mean you instantly discredit their work, that would be being bias, instead you have to go through the whole scientific process as to how they obtained their results and discredit it in a scientific manner, not a political one. In a scientific sense using IQ tests to determine if there's a genetic difference between races and intelligence is insufficient. Stronger evidence such as finding a gene that links race and intelligence would provide a much stronger argument but that isn't feasible at this stage so the only way you can scientifically discredit their work is to run your own tests which include a greater set of variables, than that used in Rushton's study, giving more accurate results or to study the whole 60 page review and point out any flawed or bias methods in the research and prove how they are flawed/bias in order to discredit their work, or parts of it at least.

Well... feel free to get right on that. I've followed Rushton for most of the last decade, and he's been a racist white supremacist the whole time. The organization he works for has always been racist, and has always funded other racists. Every study presented by these racists has been rejected by wide swaths of the scientific community. Rushton and his crew have been subject to censure on numerous occasions for academic misconduct.

Nevertheless, if you think that white supremacists are valid sources of information, knock yourself out. Feel free to treat the racists as "innocent until proven guilty"... for all any of us know, you might be right, and the racists might not be JUST laughable bigots. Until you prove otherwise, however, I'll feel more than comfortable with rejecting the opinions of sociopaths with a openly-stated racist agenda.