This all seems to be leading undoubtedly towards some kind of faith-run world where Dr.Popensteins make overarching arbitrary decisions about what powers man should and should not have. Man shouldn't have that power!
So, why exactly do Ashkenazi Jews, closely followed by Asians, score higher on average in these IQ tests apparently designed for middle-class white men?
I 100% agree with you, Kombat.
Throughout mankind's history there have always been people who object to any form of change or advancement... People who thought, for example, that taking a smallpox vaccine based on cow's blood infected by cowpox would automatically turn you into a cow. A couple of hundred years later and nobody even considers something that ridiculous and vaccinations have become almost totally routine - only a very small minority currently refuse to take part in vaccination programs based on moral grounds. The same thing will happen to GM crops and, almost certainly, genetic modification in humans.
I don't really see how you can possibly ban genetically modified athletes from the Olympic Games when pretty much every athlete currently competing is probably there due to natural genetic advantages that his counterparts do not posess. What's the difference between a genetic advantage you gained by sheer luck after being born from just the right genepool and the same genetic advantage you gained after your parents paid for it? Maybe they should start sequencing every athlete's DNA and screening out anyone who has the right genes to give them longer legs or more efficient lungs?
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This all seems to be leading undoubtedly towards some kind of faith-run world where Dr.Popensteins make overarching arbitrary decisions about what powers man should and should not have. Man shouldn't have that power!
So, why exactly do Ashkenazi Jews, closely followed by Asians, score higher on average in these IQ tests apparently designed for middle-class white men?
e ...If you don't believe me. If you don't believe wikipedia, obviously, then meh, what can i do about that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligenc
I 100% agree with you, Kombat. Throughout mankind's history there have always been people who object to any form of change or advancement... People who thought, for example, that taking a smallpox vaccine based on cow's blood infected by cowpox would automatically turn you into a cow. A couple of hundred years later and nobody even considers something that ridiculous and vaccinations have become almost totally routine - only a very small minority currently refuse to take part in vaccination programs based on moral grounds. The same thing will happen to GM crops and, almost certainly, genetic modification in humans.
I don't really see how you can possibly ban genetically modified athletes from the Olympic Games when pretty much every athlete currently competing is probably there due to natural genetic advantages that his counterparts do not posess. What's the difference between a genetic advantage you gained by sheer luck after being born from just the right genepool and the same genetic advantage you gained after your parents paid for it? Maybe they should start sequencing every athlete's DNA and screening out anyone who has the right genes to give them longer legs or more efficient lungs?