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First post in this thread - Race doesn't exist

2nd post - Race absolutely exists

Then you enter to claim culture. If you believe race exists why did you enter the conversation? And why did you use a book that I am now starting to wonder if you actually read to make your argument?

Geist 2y ago

Your only friend was making a point that the BLM riots were a product of genetics, and my response that it is a product of culture. Hence why i literally wrote

>genetics

Culture

Directly referencing the exact word i took issue with. Did i write

>race

Culture

In reference to whether race exists? No, no i did not, because race exists, obviously. At no other point have i made a collectivist arguement, yet ive had to write this 3 times now because you thought you could win some cheap points and keep doubling down.

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H 2y ago

Is race genetics or is race culture? Because culture actually is socially constructed. There is no significant genetic difference between southern and northern Belgians but their cultures are dictated by their linguistic relationships with the Netherlands in the north and France in the south. Obviously all of these groups are White but they have significantly different cultures.

CensorThis 2y ago

I’m now dumber for having read through this thread between you two.

Intelligence moves along a bell curve by race. It’s not that we’re all smart, or we’re all dumb by race. There’s simply a higher likelihood of being dumber or smarter on avg depending on your race.

Those legal immigrants that are successful in the US are successful by selection bias. They figured out out to get here, stay here, and make money here.

Of course they’ll be more intelligent.

Does culture have an effect here?

Sure.

So does biology.

H 2y ago

> Does culture have an effect here?

> Sure.

On intelligence, or outcomes?

CensorThis 2y ago

Potentially both.

IQ is malleable to a certain degree. After all, it’s just a test.

Outcomes will be better with “better” cultures.

H 2y ago

IQ is malleable because it is not a perfect measure of general intelligence. The better the test, the less malleable it is.

I agree that outcomes will be better with better cultures.

CensorThis 2y ago

Ok?

Loki 2y ago

I would say outcomes have to do with how much bullshit about getting things done is part of the culture. It amazes me that affirmative action still gets traction in the general population when every bit of evidence shows that it just gives privileges to people that they would not earn by merit, and attracts free riders.