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Why couldn't people admit difference in IQ between races?
By Atsushi_Chun, history, 3 years ago, In English

I think it's actually clear to everyone that people of different races have varied IQ, or, at least different ability in mathematics/coding/logic etc. Just curious why people wouldn't admit this difference.

p.s. I know this blog will be dramatically downvoted, but still curious.

Actually, the question I want to ask is: why people could admit difference between individuals, but couldn't admit difference between races? What's so special about races? It's not to say some race is inferior, since difference races could be good at different things.

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I want some discussions, instead of downvoting, since it's a true phenomenon while everyone is trying to get rid of it. Also, the fact that everyone is downvoting is just an indication of this phenomenon.

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This seems like nonsense to me. Certain countries may have a more developed culture for those skills, so more people are pushed into them, and as a result, you see more people good at those skills, so you make a general statement that they're better. Do you have any sources for your claims?

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    For example, everyone admits the existence of genius. Everyone knows tourist is a genius, and neither you nor me can reach his level through training. So why couldn't people just admit difference in reasoning and logic ability between races as well? It's not say some race is inferior, as different race can be better at different things.

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Actually, the question I want to ask is: why people could admit difference between individuals, but couldn't admit difference between races? What's so special about races?

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Actually, the question I want to ask is: why people could admit difference between individuals, but couldn't admit difference between races? What's so special about races?

Various minor differences between different races surely exist, especially when it comes to clearly measurable anatomical differences. Such as being taller on average. Or having a longer you-know-what.

But people generally don't want to talk about it, because this only leads to mediocre people becoming proud of not their own individual achievements (which may be non-existent since they are mediocre), but instead proud of just belonging to a certain race. Historically, this didn't end up well on more than one occasion. And nothing constructive ever comes out of this. You can find a lot of other non-constructive topics to discuss and then be surprised why people downvote you.

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