Why Would You Study That? People who study sexual and ethnic differences in humans are often challenged for doing it at all. Aporia plays the Basic Curiosity card. I think it would be unimportant if we didn't build so much of our legislation and government funding off false information. But once we are going to shell out large amounts for it, craft our education around it, while punishing good things and rewarding bad ones, I get interested.
We are bombarded by claims that the South Koreans educate better because they are so strict, and the Finns do so much better because the are are so laid back. Yet the PISA scores track the national IQ very nicely, including at more granular levels like Brahmins, Saami and immigrants from different countries.
We don't want to condemn a generation of Caucasians into believing that they can't ever be an Olympic sprint or jumping medalist no matter how hard they try. Why would you crush their dreams like that? Isn't it better that we feel relieved that the myth is true rather than letting them learn that being a coach, or a sportswriter (or Youtuber), or a manager/trainer/photographer/physical therapist/merch creator is more accessible? Why would you limit a child's dreams in that way.
Not recognising heritability is ultimately cruel. You just didn't try hard enough. You don't have the character for that. The Man is keeping you down. How is that better for a kid?
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