Re: IQ AND RACE? HUH?

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Frank Fujita (ffujita@sun1.iusb.indiana.edu) wrote:
: Lord Zilch (thedavid@clark.net) wrote:
: : I'm sure
: : that I, or anyone else with decent software and an ax to grind,
: : _could_ find correlations between "caucasianity" and vapid idiocy,
: : child-molestation, political malfeasance and whatever other no-nos
: : one might think of.

: I will have to disagree with you about this. I regularly look for
: particular correlations, and the data continually adjust my attitude.
: Frequently I find correlations where I expected to find none, I find
: no correlation where I was sure that one existed. In short, it is
: not as easy to create scientific findings out of thin air as you present.

SO! Please write a major social tract or two for serious
consideration, especially if it might have influence on
social policy. Your stuff certainly couldn't be worse than
the claptrap I slam--and from your posting it sounds as if
it might be an improvement on the likes of that stuff!

Cheers,
DAVID

--

"Death is the end of life; ah, why

 Should life all labor be?

 Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast"

                       - Tennyson

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