/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16012881
>SAT score is highly correlated with IQ score

>>15989072
>Why are the differences in IQ and crime rates not proportional to SES?
>Why do inuits, despite being of lower or equal SES, have a higher IQ (91) vs (85)?
>Why do the poorest whites consistently score higher on the SAT than the richest blacks?
>The Minnosota trans-racial adoption study?
>Why are crime rates and IQ indefatigably consistent, despite massive cultural differences?
>So, why hasn't the black-white IQ gap closed, despite all our efforts? It's been approximately 85 for 30 or 40 years, I believe. It may have risen by a few points since the civil rights era, but it's uncertain.
>Why is IQ [within black and South American populations] highly correlated with European admixture?
>Why is the difference between blacks and whites [IQ] highest in g? Which has been shown to be highly heritable.

>>15978975
>the thing is, even below the neck, we haven't evolved very differently. all things considered, a very small proportion of properties are different between races.

We are quite similar genetically; for all humans, 99.5% of their genetic profile is identical, but we also share 98.8% of our genetic profile with chimpanzees, so yeah. So, these differences, although "small," are still pretty significant. I don't believe that, despite being separated and developing in vastly different environments for thousands and thousands of years, we had an equal evolutionary pressure towards intelligence.. I just can't, sorry, but you're welcome to change my mind. Physiological differences, on a genetic level, don't necessarily reflect neurological or cognitive variance, but through nature, we have always seen them develop alongside each other. If physical differences come with mental differences, again, I just think it's profoundly unlikely. Homo sapiens would be exceptionally peculiar. I want to believe in the environmentalist model, but I just can't. There are certainly environmental aspects to this, though; no one is refuting that.

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