Lol.
It’s literally blacks vs whites 😆
Researchers will do everything except acknowledge genetic difference between the races.
“Adults’ gait speed is associated with more than geriatric functional status; it is also associated with midlife aging and lifelong brain health.”
This study shows faster walkers have much better cognitive and physical results at age 45 than slower walkers. In fact, slow walkers were found to have a 1 standard deviation lower IQ than the fastest walkers!
The importance of being active is severely understated in modern society where half the population is chained to a desk for most daylight hours and survives on a diet of processed slop and caffeine.
Go for a walk!
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2752818
Discussion
I’ll never understand this low level obsession with group differences. Treat people as individuals. Every definable group has dipshits and legends. Love the legends, and pity the dipshits.
1) not an obsession
2) it’s not low level, these factual differences are the reason why billions live in poverty and can’t get out. These factual differences are why 100s of millions live in dangerous cities. These factual differences are why blacks cost America 750k per person over their lifetime
3) blank slate theory is a lie. But please, tell us some blacks that are “legends” that have done anything to further the human race.
What I like about your point of view is that it’s heterodox and contrary to the mainstream - and therefore useful to air and consider.
I also agree the blank slate is not true, nature is huge (although nurture is also obviously important - otherwise it wouldn’t matter what parents you have).
I can only speak to my experience, which is that culture and renaissance/reformation thinking is more important than race as a characteristic. When I’ve worked with people fresh off the boat I’ve found I often didn’t enjoy the experience, but racially diverse people brought up in my culture are generally pretty awesome.
I would be more convinced by your point of view if I could find evidence that:
1. Genetic diversity within racial groups isn’t bigger than genetic differences across groups.
2. Racial differences persist after a couple of generations
The last time I did a deep dive on race science I was very underwhelmed by the poor quality of the studies.
I’ve just found it better to treat people as individuals, to not assume any characteristics about them based on physical cues, and that seems to work out pretty well for me. Your mileage may vary. Happy for you to share any high quality evidence you think supports your views.
We don’t need studies to know blacks live in shanty towns anywhere whites don’t exist.
We don’t need studies to see their violent crime rates exist across countries.
We don’t need studies to use our own eyes.
There’s more than just race that explains these global disparities. And when I use my eyes and own experience interacting with black people, I don’t find race is an explanatory factor dude. So basically, there’s no data I can find to support your views, and my own real world experience doesn’t support your views 🤷. If I go on twitter, I find lots of video clips of black people doing shitty things, but I don’t really trust algos man.
I think if you’re going to build your identity around a contrarian viewpoint (which is a cool vibe), this is probably the wrong one to pick. Will just lead to misery in the long term I reckon.
You must be horribly sheltered then.
You’ve certainly never lived amongst blacks for any period of time.
You’re right. Ive never lived in Africa or any predominantly black communities. I’ve done some volunteering with African and Afghan refugee kids, and worked professionally with black colleagues (both immigrants and second generation). My experience has been mixed, but any problems I’ve are obviously cultural and not race related.
If you can point to any data that suggests I’m wrong I’ll reassess my personal experience. As it stands I can’t see any correlation between melanin and being a shit bloke.