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| No | 68% | 369 votes | Total: 539 votes | |
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In 1839 Samuel George Morton published his 'Crania Americana' in which he categorized the human race into four distinct subgroups, concluding that that the white, caucasian race...read more
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The fact that there are even articles on the "yes" side of this debate is extremely disturbing and substantiates the level of ignorance that we intelligent people are forced to ...read more
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Over the years there has been a large number of studies done on this very topic. Many have concluded there is indeed a difference in the intelligence of one race over another. H...read more
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by Mark Dawson
If you look at the results of standardize testing, it is quite evident that on average Asians score higher than Caucasians, while Hispanics and African-Americans consistently re...read more
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by Cha Ching
As an Asian American, I have often been exposed to the notion that members of a certain race are smarter' than others. Coming from an extremely high-achieving high school (where...read more
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There are some heavy concepts about this that have to be understood before a correct answer can be given. Some of the issues involve some fairly ambiguous terminologies and fai...read more
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Basically there are no differences in intelligence between races. All races have the capacity to learn or not to learn, to make choices or not make choices, think to solve a pr...read more
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Humans are humans and there are intelligent and not intelligent humans. Race has nothing to do with that whatsoever. If you would want to prove that there are differences betw...read more
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The first time I read the question "Are there differences in intelligence between races?" I thought it asked "Are there differences in intelligence between rats?" The latter que...read more
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There are no differences in intelligence among races-only differences in intelligence among human beings. Race is something that was created by man as a way to differentiate in ...read more
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by T.C Leonard
As far as innate intelligence is concerned, the answer to this question is definitely NO. It's really all a matter of opportunity. A friend of mine is a Title IX teacher at a ...read more
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Intelligence Differences Among Races Are there differences in intelligence among races? This is a highly controversial question that has been heatedly debated amon...read more
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by Andrew Fink
One day in my High School homeroom, I was chatting with a friend of mine about some test scores we had received in one of our classes. I jokingly commented that Asians always se...read more
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by Gregory Mayo
The first thing that must be defined in this discussion is race. Scientifically there is only one race. That is not some peace-love-hippie statement...it's just the way it is. T...read more
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This must be either a joke or we are running out of subjects! Surely no-one who has studied any of the Sciences, or has a basic grasp of Cognition and it's dynamics can seriousl...read more
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by Ash.Elisha
whatever happened to "treat people as people?" whatever happened to observing people by their personalities? have we forgotten what these words mean? back to the question, Are t...read more
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I used to believe that a primitive culture was equivalent to a less intelligent society. And I used to believe that since most of the primitive societies were populated by peop...read more
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IQ is not intelligence! Even specialists admit that. There are different types of intelligence and IQ test not always can measure all of them.Yes, they can find out what are yo...read more
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by Ethan Womack
Writing for the "Yes" side of this debate really shows to caliber of person you are. Intelligence, first of all, can be measured in far too many ways for one race to be more or ...read more
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Introduction What is intelligence? The simplest answer would be "Intelligence is what an animal's brain does when it guides its behavior" (Coon, 2001). However, human intelli...read more
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by Cyd Madsen
Suggesting there are differences in intelligence between races can be misunderstood as racism, rather than a misunderstanding of intelligence. It is also a gross misunderstandi...read more
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by John Graham
Are there differences in intelligence between races? Of course there are. How could anyone believe any differently? ( unless, of course you are one of the less endowed: that's a...read more
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The use of IQ as a measure of "intelligence" offers many advantages. Among these advantages are the facts that it is a quantified, objective, and reproducible measure, and that ...read more
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For differences in intelligence between races obviuosly a difference would occur as this is the basis of our economic system. The world has evolved over thousand of years, befor...read more
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Yes there will always be differences in intelligence between the races. For the simple fact that the intelligence test or tests are biased towards the race that designed the tes...read more
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As someone who is culturally conscientious, I think it is important to accept that there are differences in intelligence between races. First off, I look at race as being only a...read more
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They are those who will read this article and curse me because they disagree with my views and what I am going to say is going to be too blunt for people to handle. Sometimes th...read more
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First, allow the explanation that any one race is not more intelligent than any other. Intelligence is a byproduct of genetics, social values and circumstances. With over 1.25...read more
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by Raven Lebeau
Large-scale statistical studies, in general, show racial/ethnic differences, which is why I write for the "yes" side. But that's not important. Who cares? Sweeping genera...read more
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by The Owl
Every race is willing to survive - so every race is using their very own intelligence to be able to survive. For example the aborigines in Australia are using their intelligence...read more
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by George
The question is: Is there a difference between intelligence between races. I was just thinking of this the other night. And I concluded: Yes. I decided this after I read a ...read more
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by Ian Loft
In our politically correct 21st century polite society' any suggestion that hints of racism becomes the target of scorn combined with angry rebuff fired by academics and the lib...read more
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Yes there are differences in intelligence between races, but not in the way you may have been led to believe. Surely statistics will point out differences in test scores, such a...read more
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I would say yes, there is a difference in intelligence between race due to publicity. What one has to say about another, the other is then brain washed into believing. We in soc...read more
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by Miles Togo
Yes, there are differences in intelligence between races. My initial reaction to the question had me writing on the other side. However, a more considered response puts me he...read more
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Diagnosis of the intelligence of races is like a personal dissection, especially if you are mixed blooded or, from an anicent line of blood. I strongly believe that intelligence...read more
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by Brond
Yes but I don't think we are aloud to talk about it as it is such a hot subject because as soon as you say there is the dogs are out in the media howling your name as hater or w...read more
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Comparisons of racial or cultural groups in IQ routinely reveal differences. Eysenck in the 1970's stated that Irish children were not as intelligent as British children accord...read more
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Compare the northern European race, the southern Europe Latin race, the Middle Eastern Semitic race, the Asian race, the Indonesian race, and the Negro race. What is intelligenc...read more
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by Jack Josephy
As a student Cognitive Science, I tend to place the emphasis on a systems information processing ability when referring to intelligence. (This goes for animals and computers asw...read more
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