| Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland
<kristian.zoerhoff@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2007-01-20, Gooserider <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>
>> Why were some races of people advanced enough to circumnavigate the
>> globe,
>> while others TO THIS DAY live in dung huts and wear loincloths? All races
>> are not the same. Why is the median IQ of an African 75? Why do Asians
>> outscore every other race on IQ tests?
>
> Read _Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel_ and see if your opinion changes.
>
> Hint: location, location, location.
>
>
I don't know what you're getting at. Elaborate, please. I believe that cold
weather rewards intelligence, as having inhospitable winters caused ancient
ancestors to learn to prepare. Those who were not smart enough or had
developed strong enough socities to do so died, and took their gene pool
with them. That's why places which get cold(Europe and Asia) developed
strong socities, excelled in science, architecture, math, and agriculture,
and places which were temperate year round(Africa, South and Central
America) didn't. The less intelligent genes didn't get weeded out, because
food was available year round.
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