Re: BELL CURVE CRITIC EXPOSED?
David A. Johns (djohns@grove.ufl.edu)
3 Feb 1995 09:35:19 GMT
In article <3gs786$b3g@nyx10.cs.du.edu> anon1167@nyx10.cs.du.edu (M) writes:
# Becuase our classificantion schemes based on characteristics have
# not done well does not mean that race makes no biological sense.
# It could just be that , so far, we have not come up with the
# right characteristeics. It could be that a more "biological"
# approach (focused on genes and gene products, say) could produce
# a meaningful, biological framework for race. Because we dont
# have it now, does not mean that it does not exist.
But if "race" is nothing but a crude heuristic for more meaningful
biological entities, once we've gained access to those entities, race
will no longer be useful.
David Johns
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