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To: PatrickHenry
Let's cut through the hogwash.

My question to you Patrick is does Darwinian evolution necessitate the evidence of superior (intellectually) races?

Again, does evolution lead us to nature’s inevitable result of "favored races"? Yes or no?

FYI, others in your troop of evolutionist have answered that with a "yes".
179 posted on 02/12/2004 8:06:46 AM PST by bondserv (Alignment is critical!)
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To: TradicalRC
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180 posted on 02/12/2004 8:08:24 AM PST by bondserv (Alignment is critical!)
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To: bondserv
My question to you Patrick is does Darwinian evolution necessitate the evidence of superior (intellectually) races?

The existence of human individuals necessitates the existence of intellectually superior individuals. This is because we're not identical. Any trait you can name will be present to varying degrees in different people. The issue of "superior races" is probably more a question about statistics than anything else. That's because a race doesn't have intelligence; individuals do. Murray's book, The Bell Curve, attempted to deal with this issue; but it's something I'm not qualified to evaluate. I'm not ducking; I really don't know the answers. I don't know what purpose is served by doing statistical studies of groups of people. Is my zip code intellectually superior to yours? My hair color? My race? And if it is, so what?

Again, does evolution lead us to nature’s inevitable result of "favored races"? Yes or no?

Not necessarily with humans. We're not exactly scrambling for scarce resources. We have loads of people who are far less fit than we are, yet they're surviving and thriving. So the answer to your question is "no," because we're so good at what we do that we can afford to be generous.

As for your remark about my "troop," I'm sure that, upon reflection, you will realize it was inappropriate. You might even acknowledge this.

181 posted on 02/12/2004 10:42:28 AM PST by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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