old news or new findings?

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_te...cle3067222.ece

Another example of why scientists make lame statesmen.
Even if statistically Africans have lower intelligence... does that mean:
a. that all Africans are less intelligent than all Europeans?
b. that this difference in intelligence matters in most cases?
No and no.
Social policies don't need to reflect a difference because there is no important difference as far as social policy is concerned.
In all societies most people are not all that smart. The smart people move into places where they make more decisions. The not-so-smart people continue on, able to deal with the facets of everyday life they face.

As for comparing the brightest people from different races:
Irrelevant. How often do the points of IQ over 130 matter? IQ becomes more and more trivial as it gets to higher levels.

So in short:
There are Africans of the intelligence capacity necessary to run nations, businesses, etc.
This level of intelligence is not necessary for most people in a society.
Statistical averages should not be used to make judgements of individuals, especially in social policy.

Some of these scientists get so self-important in their research that all the reasoning ability they have becomes a moot point. Of course, inevitably political ideologues always find their misguided comments and post them as though the person must be right just because he's a scientist.

BTW, I'm moving this to Race section.

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That information is classified and to be given only on a need-to-know basis...

And I do not need to know.

Are you moving it because you don't want to entertain dialog?

There are many Issues that can be considered a current event, like Affirmative Action and it's effects on those that It inevitable displaces, believe me it is a current event for those that are discriminated against.

Perhaps if it was just the occasional subject of race that popped up in Current Events. But as it is you're beginning to make Current Events look like the Race Relations forum.
I think people who are more interested in the subject will more likely engage with you in the proper forum.
Current Events people are generally looking for more a variety of pressing issues that are very current... rather than old issues that someone mentioned a couple days ago.

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That information is classified and to be given only on a need-to-know basis...

And I do not need to know.

I can respect your judgment, but I also believe that some of your reason is prejudice. I agree that there were to many race related materials in the current events category in the past, now it was but one and it has a new source of discussion.

second, If you have noticed I have submitted a variety of subject matter in the current events forum, by the way if other posters did not think that race was relevant they would not respond, it is an Issue that needs to be revisited and adjusted to fit the current needs of the American people, now it is weighted so far to one side that it has created more racial tension than it has resolved, because the policies themselves justify racism.