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critique of the bell curve

Posted by special_k on March 25, 2006, at 22:54:06

In reply to rofl » AuntieMel, posted by Dinah on March 24, 2006, at 9:47:02

believe it or not many people still debate this.

whether there are genuine intelligence differences between different racial groups

(some say yes others say cultural bias others say socio economic bias)

if there are genuine intelligence differences (race aside) then there is the issue on whether those differences are innate or are more to do with environmental factors. if you are interested in the nature nurture controversy i reccomend "What's within - nativism reconsidered" which is very empirically informed and there is an exellent and very sophisticated analysis of the empirical findings.

because there are implications re eugenics. and also... what is to be done. what is to be done... re whether some children really should be put in accelerated learning classes... re whether some children shouldn't have much resources invested because there isn't any hope in improving their intelligence significantly.

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-inferiorIQ.htm


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