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Lumbago: which wasnât even a valid IQ test but which mostly tested oneâs knowledge of African-American cultural customs and language styles.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago: This aspect of forensics is rarely mentioned in polite company, but if a skull has a measurably smaller-than-average brain case, it it almost certainly someone of African descent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago: The whole point behind IQ tests is that they measure intellectual capacity, not the amount of culture-specific facts one has memorized.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago: It is pretty much beyond scientific dispute that people of African descent are on average of lower intelligence; and that intelligence, like just about every other human characteristic, is substantially genetically determined.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago says: zuch says: âOne example, the highly rated WAIS-R (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised) â which is not designed or intended to measure small group differences, but rather as one of a number of diagnostic clinical tools for psychologists to evaluate their patients â asks âwhat is the colour of the American flag? â Go look up âcultural loadingâ for just a brief introduction to some of the issues here. â
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago: which wasnât even a valid IQ test but which mostly tested oneâs knowledge of African-American cultural customs and language styles.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago: This aspect of forensics is rarely mentioned in polite company, but if a skull has a measurably smaller-than-average brain case, it it almost certainly someone of African descent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago: It is pretty much beyond scientific dispute that people of African descent are on average of lower intelligence; and that intelligence, like just about every other human characteristic, is substantially genetically determined.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Lumbago: The whole point behind IQ tests is that they measure intellectual capacity, not the amount of culture-specific facts one has memorized.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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She was - as you know - a member of the Calkulatori - the only indigenous tribe of nomadic Chartered Accountants in the whole of the Lumbago rainforest.
Archive 2009-02-01 David Hadley 2009
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