Meanwhile, in San Francisco...
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wrote on 27 Dec 2024, 03:36 last edited by
When I first read about this program I thought about this meme.
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wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 02:18 last edited by
The fact that certain races have different average IQs
I disagree with this. I think it is more with upbringing and family involvement in education rather than any actual different in brain capacity between races.
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wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 19:45 last edited by
Math is pure logic and working memory. I was reacquainted with this by having taken a math class recently. Not a graduate level, because they wouldn't let me in. So I decided to go to a local community college and re-take undergrad calculus I. It was hard, and I can say it was hard, at least for the first few sections of stuff I had to relearn and re-acquaint with. UltimatelyI broke the curve, with a 98.5% final grade. I hope I can progress in math until I feel like the frustration is not worth it. We'll see how I do in Calc 2, coming up in a couple weeks. After I get the three sememsters retaken and presumably with all As, I will re-apply to a master's course, or so I feel now, and we'll see how that goes.
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wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 19:59 last edited by
Good on you for embracing the challenge.
If my experience is any indication genetics play a role.
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The fact that certain races have different average IQs
I disagree with this. I think it is more with upbringing and family involvement in education rather than any actual different in brain capacity between races.
wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 20:57 last edited by jon-nyc 1 Feb 2025, 20:59@taiwan_girl said in Meanwhile, in San Francisco...:
The fact that certain races have different average IQs
I disagree with this. I think it is more with upbringing and family involvement in education rather than any actual different in brain capacity between races.
It’s an empirical question that has been shown in a variety of contexts. Note that the explanation for a difference in group averages could be anywhere on the spectrum of combinations of nature and nurture. So you can agree that the data are what they are and still attribute the observed difference to cultural practices.
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@taiwan_girl said in Meanwhile, in San Francisco...:
The fact that certain races have different average IQs
I disagree with this. I think it is more with upbringing and family involvement in education rather than any actual different in brain capacity between races.
It’s an empirical question that has been shown in a variety of contexts. Note that the explanation for a difference in group averages could be anywhere on the spectrum of combinations of nature and nurture. So you can agree that the data are what they are and still attribute the observed difference to cultural practices.
wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 21:03 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, in San Francisco...:
@taiwan_girl said in Meanwhile, in San Francisco...:
The fact that certain races have different average IQs
I disagree with this. I think it is more with upbringing and family involvement in education rather than any actual different in brain capacity between races.
It’s an empirical question that has been shown in a variety of contexts. Note that the explanation for a difference in group averages could be anywhere on the spectrum of combinations of nature and nurture. So you can agree that the data are what they are and still attribute the observed difference to cultural practices.
That explanation can be studied, but isn't, not in the "serious" mainstream, due to social retribution against the scientists. This is one of the woke things that may remain in perpetuity. Even if most or at least many of us can still understand overlapping distributions.