December 24, 2010
by peter.taylor
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Taylor [T]: Why are you so concerned about genetic determination of mental ability? Eysenck [E]: If abilities are determined by birth and society can predict who will be naturally talented, then it can allocate its resources more efficiently, for example, … Continue reading
October 17, 2010
by peter.taylor
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For the purposes of looking at the second question (from the first post), “Does this make you think that differences among IQ scores between races are genetic?,” let’s accept that the answer to the first question, “What does it mean … Continue reading
October 16, 2010
by peter.taylor
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“What does it mean to say IQ test scores are largely genetic? Does this make you think that differences among IQ scores between races are genetic?” Starting with these two questions, I aim to get an audience of high school … Continue reading
September 17, 2010
by peter.taylor
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The first installment ended on the following note: Suppose you have many sets of same-sex non-identical twins raised together and many sets of same-sex identical twins raised together and find that the identical twins are on average more similar. It … Continue reading