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Just because something might be perceived as “racist,” doesn’t make it statistically wrong.

The slaves that were brought here weren’t selected on the bases of intellect, and among the races, they already score second to last (only ahead of the Aboriginal people of Australia): https://reasonwithoutrestraint.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screenshot-2021-10-11-025001.png

An excellent, more factual but older book on this topic: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684824299?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

You won’t find much that is new and worthwhile reading.

I can summarize all the newer material on this topic for you:

—In newer writings on this topic, there is an effort by the writer to inject political correct rationalizations based on some nurture argument.

—You get race and ethnicity jumbled together.

—They will question the validity of IQ and testing.

Of course, it is important to remember that you must judge all people individually, because no one is statistically average. This guy is probably off the chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carson

Also, I would argue, and I mean this, so called intelligence is over rated. If you look at what you want in your spouse or child, is it (((really))) intelligence that is at first place, or love/concern, loyalty/trust, morals/values??? How about a church, would a pastor or priest prefer the smart but immoral, or the average intelligence but good person? There are many really smart and evil people, and I can tell you even as a parent I would rather have a kid that is a good person but mediocre in intellect, than someone that is really smart but completely twisted in their thinking. Would you rather be surrounded by so called friends that are super bright but will stab you in the back and don’t have your best interests in mind, or someone average but you can actually trust? High intellect does not equal good character and values.

In fact,

I would argue, people of extraordinary intellect, unless taught early on a framework of morals or they have some epiphany along the way, tend to drift towards the evil.

They question things, see patterns, they learn quickly to manipulate others.

However, the self serving temptations of sin are still part of them, like all of us: lust, greed, envy, wrath, pride, sloth, gluttony.

I can assure you, these were VERY smart people:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot

What is amazing is that these people seldom see themselves as the monsters they were. The humans ability to rationalize their behavior and frame themselves as the victim is limitless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ9_BMshyiw