Recent content by EgalitarianJay

I actually discovered your video last night while searching for recent video lectures by Joseph Graves. While I was watching it the video reminded me of you and sure enough I found out that you created it! I plan to explore this issue more in depth after reading a series of books written about...

We know however that Rushton's evolutionary theory was refuted so his claims about evolutionary fitness are wrong. For those who are unfamiliar with r/K selection I recommend reading the above link and these quotes: I'm going to put an article in your Dropbox where Reznick critiques...

This is a very good article to read on the subject: BRACE C.L., 1999, An anthropological perspective on “race” and intelligence: the non-clinal nature of human cognitive capabilities, Journal of Anthropological Research, 55, 245-264 Link...

We don't have a full understanding of how our consciousness or intelligence works but we know that they are valid concepts which are properties of the brain. The point I want to get across is that there is no scientific basis for claiming there are genetically determined racial differences in...

The brain uses electrical and chemical signals to pass on information gathered from the body's senses and transfers them through neurons. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/neurons/ Neurons Transport Messages in the Brain Neurons are the cells that pass chemical and electrical...

The article covers the nature of intelligence from theories of intelligence to its biological basis. Sternberg defines intelligence in the beginning of the article: "Intelligence is one's ability to learn from experience and to adapt to, shape, and select environments. Formal studies of...

The definition of intelligence, theories of intelligence, the biological basis for intelligence and the cause of racial differences in IQ have been adequately addressed in Sternberg (2012). A person with an IQ of 110 can have greater knowledge of certain subjects, having what we call...

Yes, since intelligence is 50-80% heritable differences between individuals are more likely to be due to genetic differences. The person with an IQ of 160 most likely has more genes related to high intelligence than the person with an IQ of 100. However the person with an IQ of 110 could be a...

I agree that a person can have different skills as well as mental strengths and weaknesses. Howard Gardner advanced the idea of Multiple Intelligence Theory.

If Person A scores 110 on an IQ test and Person B scores 160 on the same test then we can reasonable say that Person B is smarter than Person A. Both of them are using their intelligence to answer the questions of the test. Both of them are "above average" in intelligence (100 = average) but...

I wonder how familiar these IQ researchers are with experimental quantitative genetics and population genetics. If we took a group of geneticists and asked them survey questions about the role that genes play in racial differences in IQ how many of them would argue that it plays a significant or...

This is what Graves had to say about the biological definitions of race:

Joseph Graves actually made the point in the video below that even if races didn't exist you could have populations that varied in their Life History traits including intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUjo31DChcE&feature=youtu.be&t=56m57s So what we're basically talking about is...

Populations differ in height for environmental and genetic reasons. Some of this differential is indeed due to evolutionary adaptation and some probably due to random mutations. Consider that the African Pygmy and Tutsi ethnic groups are both considered to be Black but one population is short...

Yes, let's return to the topic. I told ApostateAbe that I was going to review his sources so that we could debate the issue and that is exactly what I'm going to do in this post. So this is my assessment of the information he provided..... First of all it is ApostateAbe's claim that there are...