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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.

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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.