Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

I'm far from the SJW crowd, but statistics showing racial difference are not proof that race isn't socially constructed. You could draw boundaries of race randomly and wind up with skews among the many ailments. Statistically speaking, the argument would need to go deeper.

Aside from that, proof (in cases like this) is usually definition chasing. But the world would have to agree on definitions before that would really be possible, or you would want to point to your oppositions definition and fulfill it when making your own argument.

The world [of scientists] is very much in agreement that height is the result of many genetic and epigenetic influences. And that is an easier agreement for good and specific reasons. The definitions of genetic and epigenetic are well agreed upon...

However, there is politics surrounding the word "race" and almost nobody gets it correct. Both the right and the left never seemed to have the discussion long enough. What *is* easy to define and degree upon is the meaning of genetic lineage...

And race typically (but not specifically due to "skin color rules") wraps around lineages that basically, but not perfectly capture a part of the graph of humanity. However...

...We still haven't answered questions like, "Have IQ variations/advantages shifted between these lineages/races over time?" much less "Exactly why/why not?"...

It is noteworthy that the Ashkenazi Jewish IQ advantage is showing partial collapse. Why? Does it relate to the American lifestyle? Did it exist for specific reasons in the first place...possibly aside from "position on the graph" of human lineage? We do not know!

If only Steve Molyneux knew how social, economic and cultural factors played a role in the attribution of these ailments to "race".

If only you knew that even if they move from one spot to another. The race and ailment issues still stand. Thanks to genetic inheritance.

Does this prove the intelligence claim you make? No. It proves nothing you want

Cancer, diabetes, heart disease can be lifestyle driven vs. ethnicity driven. Intermarriage within a population cohort can exacerbate genetic illnesses. In the end we are all human beings.

Stefan... dude, it's not a social construct, and if people think it means nothing I agree with you. Still, race is a slightly manmade categorization of common features. Of course there will be genes more prevalent in certain groups from certain parts of the world... nothing new.