/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.5246957]

It is pretty common knowledge that when it comes to different breeds of dogs, we can predict certain behavioral and intellectual tendencies. Some breeds are usually smarter than others, some behave better (according to the human definition of "behaving better," obviously), some are more loyal, are more aggressive than others, etc. While outliers do occur in these predictions, such as some dogs of a breed usually considered dumb ending up highly intelligent and vice versa, it is generally agreed that the averages among breeds still allow us to make educated guesses on how a dog will behave.

Can we make similar assumptions on human beings based upon their race? Why or why not?

Pic unrelated, but it is a clay pot attempting to pass the mirror test.

[Anonymous No.5246975]

Humans have very little genetic diversity compared to dogs and have never been in a situation that doesn't select for intelligence. Race is also a very poorly defined concept with no real biological basis. Two people from opposite sides of Africa are grouped into the Black race because they share genes for melanin production, but are otherwise much more genetically different than a Caucasian and Asian. If humans relied primarily on smell instead of sight we would have grouped people into races very differently.