X-Message-Number: 21896 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 05:55:52 -0700 (PDT) From: john corbin <> Subject: Race and IQ Mr Ettinger wrote: "It's of no importance, of course, whether races differ in genetics related to intelligence or by how much or in what ways. There are lots of people both smarter and dumber than me in all races, and the individual's problem is to make the best of his own situation. From the perspective of the to-be-thawed, it doesn't matter who is the tallest midget; if we make it past the singularity, we will all be giants. Robert Ettinger" I have always been inclined to agree with your viewpoint, too, with respect to race and IQ. However, a society has to work not with selected individuals, but with all of them. You might want to read these 2 webpages: http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/stalkers/em_wrm.html http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/stalkers/ml_wrm_jls.html THey are very detailed reviews of a very interesting book by a professor of philosophy at CCNY that deals with race and IQ and what the scientific data on this subject means for America. He basically concludes that one particular race has IQ and other genetic and cultural characteristics such that this race will never be able to fit into our society other than in a more or less parasitic fashion, certain outlier individuals excepted of course (as you point out). Interesting and portentous stuff, especially when one considers immigration. And what, I ask myself, does it portend for American cryonicists, who rely on the continued growth of the nation for hundreds of years? I do not know. I myself am of mixed race. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21896