In my op I briefly mentioned that intelligence is simply an adaptation. To elaborate, during the path of our evolution, at some point it became more adaptive, or beneficial, to begin to construct thought, whether consciously or not. Thus, species began to use their minds from simply thoughts of...
What I am claiming to be impossible is the thought of life on another planet evolving in the same exact direction as us, thus being "intelligent". What we consider intelligence, began as merely an adaptation to our environment, and has evolved since. When someone claims that there is...
Due to the complexity of our own evolution, with intelligence being an adaptation within this evolutionary process, the idea that there is other life out in the universe with the same adaptation as us is impossible. Note that I'm not saying life cannot exist out there, but only that whatever...
If you look closely at your statement here you will find the answer to your question posed at the end.
In regards to Asian kids being better at math you said it is possible that it is due to the way their language deals with numbers, and on the subject of Africans that they are superb...
No, 99% of all our genetic makeup as humans is exactly the same. There could just as easily be more difference in two brothers than there would be between two people from different sides of the planet.
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If a statistical difference was found, then only by acting on such difference could...