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Originally posted by widebody911
Is a zenophobe someone who's afraide of Buddhists?
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Ooops. Xenophobe, nevermind. Besides, a zenophobe is more likely to be someone who is afraid of enlightenment...
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Originally posted by Alfred
So, can one ever prove causality? Were the cigarette makers right that no one can prove that smoking causes lung cancer? "Correlation doesn't prove causation" is the favorite argument of nit wits, IMO.
Edit: Oh, and Professor Jensen might also disagree with you.
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He might - I had a quick look and his whole point was to try and reduce it down to one factor. He might also refer to the fact that IQ is increasing over time, due to education and nutrition.
I actually don't care if there is a difference, and I am perfectly happy to believe there is a genetic difference in intelligence. This does not, in any way, demonstrate
overall superiority of one race over another. The issue of "intelligence", including how it is measured and the impact of environmental factors, suggests that race alone
may be an indicator but is unlikely to be the strongest one.
I'd be interested to know what Church you go to which would teach that "walking the walk" includes holding derogatory views of one's neighbour based on no other factor than their ethnicity. Do you hate Asian Christians? Black Christians? Middle Eastern Christians (being persecuted)? Pacific Island Christians?