Ancestry in DNA/ genetic science matters, but "race" doesn't. This is an essential thing to explain but so many people just won't hear it / think about the distinction.
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Replying to @B_resnick
I really, really, really think this needs to be spelled out in a non-polarizing way. For a lot of people, I think "race" just means "big group of people with common ancestry." Which...is not an unreasonable way to think about it, even if that's not true.
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz
yeah. that's fair. Might make for a good standalone piece explaining the difference.
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Replying to @B_resnick
As long as you are in the business of explaining important issues, I'd love a piece that unpacks the genetics-IQ stuff in a way people can understand. As I see it, many of the race = IQ folks are thinking about it something like this...
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @B_resnick
"Well, one individual can clearly have genes that influence intelligence. And those genes seem to run in families. Doesn't it make sense that such genes would also run in larger groups of people related by ancestry?" Unpacking the problems with that logic wld do a huge service.
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz
this piece gets into it, I believehttps://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/5/18/15655638/charles-murray-race-iq-sam-harris-science-free-speech …
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but yeah, overall, more clarity, more explaining is better!
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