World IQ Map | Bill's Box http://billjaquette.net/would-iq-map/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss My Box, My Voice Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:54:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 World IQ Map | Bill's Boxhttp://billjaquette.net/would-iq-map/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Faye Kane Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:02:05 +0000 http://billjaquette.net/2007/08/31/would-iq-map/#comment-296 it is the presentation of the facts which we're discussing at the wikipedia arbitration, not the facts themselves. In particular, the IQ map is correct and isn't questioned by ANYONE in the debate. <br><br>Another thing that's not questioned by either side is the amazing fact that, on average, Asians have brains that are 1% larger than white people's, and 6% larger than blacks'.<br><br>Again, I must emphasize that NO ONE ON EITHER SIDE DISAGREES WITH THIS. They DO disagree on the explanation, but the numbers come from dozens of studies duplicated in major universities. The measurements were done with the same MRI medical software that routinely computes the volumes of every other organ in the body, as well as several other ways, including brain weight before birth and at autopsy, empty skull volume (how much plaster is needed to fill it), and, yes, head size measurements. The results are the same in each way you measure it.<br><br>More info here:<br><a href="http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PPPL1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PP...</a><br><br>-- faye kane, homeless idiot savant who lives in a cave in the woods. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/fayescave" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/fayescave</a> it is the presentation of the facts which we're discussing at the wikipedia arbitration, not the facts themselves. In particular, the IQ map is correct and isn't questioned by ANYONE in the debate.

Another thing that's not questioned by either side is the amazing fact that, on average, Asians have brains that are 1% larger than white people's, and 6% larger than blacks'.

Again, I must emphasize that NO ONE ON EITHER SIDE DISAGREES WITH THIS. They DO disagree on the explanation, but the numbers come from dozens of studies duplicated in major universities. The measurements were done with the same MRI medical software that routinely computes the volumes of every other organ in the body, as well as several other ways, including brain weight before birth and at autopsy, empty skull volume (how much plaster is needed to fill it), and, yes, head size measurements. The results are the same in each way you measure it.

More info here:
http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PP...

– faye kane, homeless idiot savant who lives in a cave in the woods. http://tinyurl.com/fayescave

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