Will a lot of 'Africa's' (big place, numerous ethnies, etc) woes be diminished if and when parasites and disease are largely ameliorated? Damn right. Will they need as much, if any, western aid? No.The parasite load hypothesis is the best 'environmental' hypothesis out there.
I don't think African intelligence has that much room for environmental improvement
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They're just not that smart
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Doesn't make sense.
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Adoption studies don't support the idea they'll get that much smarter. Maybe many places in Africa can get up to 80 or 85 IQ with really good conditions.
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Which adoption studies?
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I don't know specifically. Anyway, look at the black-white gap in the US. You don't actually think that's mainly due to environmental factors (including parenting, schools, etc), do you?
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Sure, I mean, I've seen this stuff before and my take is that the black-white gap is almost 100% genetic, but I'm not sure what race realist's opinion is
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