[Avenger]

Ok, here's a politically incorrect issue that has been bugging me recently. I hope no one takes it in the wrong way. Here it is:

Most people don't have a problem admitting that intelligence runs in families and most scientists agree that there is a strong hereditary component of intelligence. So based on that, why do we find it so disturbing/unacceptable that there may be significant differences in average intelligence between ethnic/racial subgroups that cannot be explained by environmental or cultural factors? Why do we find that so much more disturbing than the inherent, and widely acknowledged, inequity that nature imposes on individuals (i.e. some are smart and some are not, some are physically strong and some are not.) Personally, I would like to believe that there were no significant differences between various racial/ethnic subgroups but apriori I see no rational scientific reason to believe this is the case; I want to believe because it makes me feel comfortable. But what if this assumption is false? What are/will be the consequences? And what is the best way to handle it? Is it best just to ignore it and wait for latter generations to deal with it? Or will it just go away on its own?

[tbird5]

Read "The Bell Curve". Liberals hate that book. He states that IQ is genetic. I think it is. Look at the families around you. If eyes, height, hair color and disease are genetic then IQ must also be genetic.