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> Genetic differences between races are small compared to those within races.

That is a very misleading statement. Height differences within sexes are also greater than between sexes, and yet most men are taller than most women.



No your the one that's being misleading, genetics isn't height and race isn't a coherent genetic category.

It should be noted that Watson knew this hence why he was focused on the one thing you can say very definitely about black people in America, that they have darker skin then white people and thus was trying to tie melanin to to intelegence.


Distributions are distributions. I have not stated anything on the race and intelligence issue. I am just calling out a statistical fallacy.


There are multiple significant biological differences between the sexes. There are not between races. Different races do not have entirely different organs for a start!


The parent to my post shared a common fallacy, and I’m just showing how distributions work in a way that most people will agree with and understand. You should appreciate my post if you are interested in proper statistical comprehension.




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