and now mowing the lawn is racist... wonderful
Posted on 01/01/2019 10:25:48 AM PST by reaganaut1
But that’s the strange thing.....NYT will do comments on socially “dare not speak it’s name” topics. A recent article on the black run private school that has turned out to be a complete scam & made the Ivies look completely foolish for admitting kids completely unprepared for a local community college. Surprisingly they get quite a bunch of very conservative commenters.
Banning comments is the ultimate free speech shutdown. I don’t care where the price is published, let your readers comment. What are you afraid of???????
Is it surprising to anyone that there are inherent genetic differences in any characteristic that one chooses to measure between races? If a particular trait like athletic ability, speed, agility is greater in ‘people of color’ no one complains when that is mentioned. But to point out a positive trait advantage in ‘non people of color’ is verboten due to pc....just bury your head in the sand...nothing to see here...move along...
Piece not price
The populations moving out of Africa -- hunter gatherers following game animals -- presumably would have had the same IQ distribution of the hunter gatherer groups that chanced to chase a different herd and stayed behind in Africa. But those who moved out suddenly faced a different environment with new challenges that required adaptability. In particular, as they would have discovered (probably to their dismay) within a matter of months, they faced much harsher environmental conditions that placed a premium on teamwork and planning. It's not so much that the out-of-Africa groups evolved greater intelligence; it's more a matter of the intellectually slower members of these groups dying out in the hard winters. This could have happened fairly quickly. The out-of-Africa groups may have passed through a severe selection event, with significant founders' effects deriving from the few who survived.
Remember that it may have been very small groups who moved. Humans seem to have faced some near-extinction events in relatively recent times. The picture would be very different had very large numbers of people migrated, or if there had been a large and continuous stream of migration, or if there had been a large and continuous flow back and forth. But my layman's impression is that these do not seem to have been the case.
What the heck does a baby have to do to pass a “quality evaluation test?”
and now mowing the lawn is racist... wonderful
marchofdimes.com
NEWBORN SCREENING TESTS FOR YOUR BABY
KEY POINTS
All babies in the United States get newborn screening. Each state decides which tests are required.
Ask your baby’s health care provider which tests your baby will have.
If your baby has a newborn screening test result that’s not normal, he should have a different kind of test to make sure he’s healthy.
Newborn screening helps identify rare but serious health conditions. Many of these can be treated if found early.
What is newborn screening?
Before your baby leaves the hospital, he has some special tests called newborn screening. Newborn screening checks for serious but rare conditions that your baby has at birth. It includes blood, hearing and heart screening.
Your baby can be born with a health condition but may not show any signs of the problem at first. If a health condition is found early with newborn screening, it often can be treated. This makes it possible to avoid more serious health problems for your baby.
When is newborn screening done?
Your baby gets newborn screening before he leaves the hospital after birth, when he’s 1 to 2 days old. If your baby isn’t born in a hospital, talk to her provider about getting newborn screening at 1 to 2 days of age. Some states require that babies have newborn screening again about 2 weeks later.
How does newborn screening happen?
There are three parts to newborn screening:
Blood test. Most newborn screening is done with a blood test. A health care provider pricks your baby’s heel to get a few drops of blood. He collects the blood on a special paper and sends it to a lab within 1 day (24 hours) for testing. Your provider gets results for serious health conditions within 5 days and results for all conditions by 7 days. Following these timeframes is critical in case your baby has a disorder that needs to be identified and treated as early as possible. You can check with the hospital staff to make sure your baby’s sample was sent to the lab on time.
Hearing screening. For this test, your provider places a tiny, soft speaker in your baby’s ear to check how your baby responds to sound. Your baby gets this test before she leaves the hospital after birth.
Heart screening. This test is called pulse oximetry. It checks the amount of oxygen in your baby’s blood by using a sensor attached to his finger or foot. This test is used to screen babies for a group of heart conditions called critical congenital heart disease (CCHD). Your baby gets this test before he leaves the hospital after birth.
To find out more about the timeframes used for sending blood samples to lab and getting test results back, ask your baby’s provider or the hospital staff. Some states have websites with information about how well your hospital uses the timeframes. Check your state’s health department website to see if this information is available about your hospital.
What if newborn screening results aren’t normal?
Most newborn screening results are normal. In rare cases when your baby’s screening results aren’t normal, it may simply mean she needs more testing. Your baby’s provider then recommends another kind of test, called a diagnostic test, to see if there is a health problem. If the diagnostic test results are normal, no more testing is needed. If the diagnostic test results are not normal, your provider can guide you about next steps for your baby.
If one of your children has a health condition, will another have it, too?
Almost all of the health conditions found by newborn screening are inherited. This means they are passed from parents to children.
When one child in a family has an inherited health condition, the chance of a brother or sister having the same condition is higher than if no child in the family has the condition.
If you have a child with a health condition and you want to have another baby, talk to your health care provider or a genetic counselor. A genetic counselor is a person who is trained to know about genetics, birth defects and other medical problems that run in families.
Sometimes hearing loss is not inherited. For example, it can be caused by an infection during pregnancy. In this case, it usually doesn’t happen in another pregnancy.
What kinds of health conditions does newborn screening test for?
Each state requires different tests, so ask your baby’s health care provider which tests your baby will have. You also can visit babysfirsttest.org to find out what conditions your state tests for.
The March of Dimes would like to see all babies in all states screened for at least 34 health conditions. Many of these health conditions can be treated if found early. The health conditions are divided into seven groups:
1. Organic acid metabolism disorders. Babies with these problems don’t metabolize food correctly. Metabolism is the way your body changes food into the energy it needs to breathe, digest and grow.
Isovaleric acidemia (IVA)
Glutaric acidemia (GAI)
Hydroxymethylglutaric aciduria, also called 3-OH 3-CH3 glutaric aciduria (HMG)
Multiple carboxylase deficiency (MCD)
Methylmalonic acidemia, mutase deficiency (MUT)
3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency (3MCC)
Methylmalonic acidemia, CBl A and CBl B forms
Propionic acidemia (PROP)
Beta-ketothiolase deficiency (BKT)
2. Fatty acid oxidation disorders. When your body runs out of sugar, it usually breaks down fat for energy. A baby with fatty acid oxidation problems can’t change fat into energy.
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD)
Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCAD)
Long-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHAD)
Trifunctional protein deficiency (TFP) Carnitine uptake defect (CUD)
3. Amino acid metabolism disorders. Babies with these problems can’t process amino acids in the body. Amino acids help the body make protein.
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)
Homocystinuria (HCY)
Citrullinemia (CIT)
Argininosuccinic acidemia (ASA)
Tyrosinemia type I (TYR I)
4. Hemoglobin disorders. These problems affect red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the rest of the body.
Sickle cell anemia
Hb S/beta-thalassemia (Hb S/Th)
Hb S/C disease (Hb S/C)
5. Lysosomal storage disorders. Babies with these problems can’t break down certain types of complex sugars. This causes harmful substances to build up in the body.
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type-1 (MPS 1)
Pompe disease
6. Adrenal gland disorders. These problems affect the adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys and help the body make hormones.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD)
7. Other disorders
Congenital hypothyroidism (HYPOTH)
Biotinidase deficiency (BIO)
Galactosemia (GALT)
Hearing loss (HEAR)
Cystic fibrosis (CF)
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD)
More information
Newborn screening: Blood screen infographic
Newborn screening: Hearing screen infographic
Newborn screening: Heart screen infographic
NewSTEPs
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center
Baby’s First Test
See also: Birth defects, Newborn care in the delivery room
Last reviewed: February, 2016
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The difference in intelligence between races has withstood every challenge for generations. Cultural bias in the test, environment, socioeconomics, selective populations, etc. All make no difference in the outcomes.
You're right, Raymann. Group mentality/collectivism is a socialist trait. Individual rights are what's important.
i WISH i HAD HALF OF Dr. Sowell’s brains, but “The Bell Curve” is basically correct — despite all the smears of racism levied against the book.
Adding to my last post:
This scientist James Watson is not a conservative or Republican in any way:
He supports abortion-on-demand based on genetics:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/nobel-winner-backs-abortion-for-any-reason-1279136.html
He apparently supports policies based on eugenics:
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/interviews/a2336/esq0107jameswatson/
He’s a Democrat who donated to the Obama campaign for president:
https://www.the-scientist.com/the-nutshell/james-watson-supports-obama-45430
So... you have to wonder about the agenda of the so-called “conservative Republicans” who continue to applaud him.
Hmmm... Can you tell me what portion of the wage defecit is due to globalists and what portion is due to technology?
Jordan Peterson has an interesting video in which he explains that the U.S. military has found that there is no job in the military that can be productively performed by a person with an IQ of 83 or below.
What this means is that it is likely that there are virtually no jobs for such people in the U.S economy which would result in a profit to the employer.
If you could hire 1000 people and pay them $15 per hour while making a profit of $1 for each hour worked, would you do it? I certainly would. That would be $1000 per hour of profit. Unfortunately, it is not easy to do that and one issue which makes it difficult is finding people who can work productively at $15 per hour.
"The Bell Curve" is next up on my reading list, after I finish "The Gulag Archipelago".
I think there may be good reason to believe that there are racial differences in cognitive ability and I will be interested in reading about the conclusions drawn in "The Bell Curve".
Interestingly, I read a relevant article recently which proposed that improvements in education and economic advancement had reduced the differences between the mean IQ of whites versus the mean IQ of blacks. That would constitute an argument against believing that any difference between whites and blacks is immutable.
The difference between the two bell curves I believe is a little less than one standard deviation, which I think is around 15 points. The improvement I read about due to education and economic improvement was around 4 points and occurred over a time period of about 30 years.
One must deal with the possibility that another hundred years might erase the difference entirely. If that can happen then maybe there is hope for a better future for all.
"...The position of “environmentalists”—that over the course of some 100,000 years peoples separated by geographical barriers in different parts of the world evolved into 10 distinct races with pronounced genetic differences in morphology, blood groups, and the incidence of genetic diseases, and yet have identical genotypes for intelligence—is so improbable that those who advance it must either be totally ignorant of the basic principles of evolutionary biology or else have a political agenda to deny the importance of race. Or both."
I have to read dthat bookl.
While you’re reading the Gulag, take a break and go on YouTube and find “The Chekist” - Russian film with English subtitles. An astounding film! Watch it & you will understand why I say that!
"I turned against the left wing because they don't like genetics, because genetics implies that sometimes in life we fail because we have bad genes. They want all failure in life to be due to the evil system" - James Watson
What got Watson into hot water was saying that different human populations have been evolving for thousands of generations in near isolation (until recently) leads to some average differences in a whole number of traits, including intelligence and temperament. Pretty mild stuff, but it contradicts Leftist dogma so a one-time hero of science has become a pariah.
The only solution would be to treat each person as an individual, to be rewarded per his or her individual performance and behavior, but that, it seems, is not acceptable
This makes sense as applied to how to treat individuals in day to day life (as opposed to collective differences among nations and cultures), because average differences don't tell you very much about what a particular person does or can do. But as you say, the Left doesn't want a political system based on individual rights either, because the Democrats have built their entire electoral edifice on racial identity politics and who owes what to whom based on perceived racial grievances.
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