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To: Lancey Howard

“Stupidest thing I ever read. This guy, naturally, defines “intelligence” from an entirely white Eurocentric white, and he’s apparently not smart enough to realize that different peoples develop differnt kinds of “intelligence.”

Different kinds of intelligence? More detail please


58 posted on 10/17/2007 3:41:13 AM PDT by driftdiver
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To: driftdiver
"Different kinds of intelligence? More detail please"

Simple, there are native Africans that can live in the wilds with nothing but a sharp stick and a couple of rocks. You or I in that same situation would quite likely end up in the belly of something or other by the end of the first week.

We may be able to do algebra in our heads and type 80 words a minute, so in the case then any test based on that criteria we would obviously show a huge difference in intelligence. He on the other hand can do things taught or self learned that we probably couldn't do without years of practice also.

I guess the only way to describe it is book smart vs. street smart, is the Nigerian scammer with only his street smarts who empties your bank account any less intelligent than the WASP businessman who lets him?

99 posted on 10/17/2007 4:39:33 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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