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?
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.
YOu are confusing intelligence with a particular set of learned skills. The African with a sharp stick is probably not going to invent a light bulb, for example.
“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?”
Intelligence usually refers to “capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc”. Intelligence is different than wisdom, common sense, knowledge or education.
Just as its offensive for a Yale weanie to say a Southern person is not as intelligent its equally offensive to say one race is less intelligent. That attitude goes against what made America the greatest nation on earth. Its saying that one person does not have the capacity another has. Thats applying a class structure upon our population.
Certain cultures emphasize different types of knowledge. That doesn’t mean one culture has less intellectual capacity than another.