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To: Bobalu

You should have read what I said completely. What he said was that the size of the head in respect to the size of the rest of the body.

I think all kind of experts now disagree with the guy who wrote the Britannica article even tho it has been proven over and over. The reason is political correctness. Blacks have smaller brains and typically score from 10-15 points lower on IQ tests. It is one of those odd areas in which all the facts say one thing and all the experts, just the opposite.

I will say back in the old days, I had a fairly well known Biology professor, Dr. Fanny Fern Davis, who began teaching after she retired. She also told the class that brain size was correlated to intelligence.


24 posted on 04/29/2014 7:13:57 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: yarddog

In he Neanderthal’s case brain size does not correlate with intelligence. The Neanderthal’s brain was dominated by the areas of the brain associated with motion and vision and amounted to the neurological equivalent of a military night vision system. The Neanderthal spent thousands of years on this Earth without ever coming up with anything comparable to the fancy tools, weapons, and artwork of Cro Magnon man.


30 posted on 04/29/2014 7:20:20 PM PDT by varmintman
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To: yarddog

Men do have larger brains than women in respect to the whole body...it does not mean men are smarter.

I can certainly see why many think that the larger the brain the smarter the person. It seems logical...but it’s not true.

There are racial differences in intellect, but that means little on an individual basis. There are many blacks with genius level IQ’s, there are some brilliant black members of FR. I’d hate to have to match wits with the likes of Thomas Sowell :-) (I wish he was the first black president!)


33 posted on 04/29/2014 7:22:47 PM PDT by Bobalu (What cannot be programmed cannot be physics)
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