On 1 Jul 2006 14:43:10 -0700, "Arthur Brain"
Pardon!
For every cite you can give that says Yes, I can supply one that says No.
It is a matter of opinion only.
How wrong you are - about what I have studied that is.
No different than you saying aboriginals are less intelligent.
Does that make you an intrinsically racist person as well?
There is none I can find - only Europeans feel the need to categorize races into levels of intelligence.
Is that a singularity of being european, or is it related to level of intelligence?
Evidence that is the opinion of the researcher only, and hence is non-conclusive.
The research and data is non-conclusive, as there is alternative and opposite results.
I'll do better - many aboriginal lead highly productive, substantially better and more intelligent lives that many Europeans in our society.
Proof that aboriginals are not less intelligent that Europeans, if given the chance within our society they will achieve, often to a higher standard than the majority of europeans ever reach.
You missed the word perceived.
duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uni-wanker (wow, aren't you the angry and articulate one).
Instead of being rude, try doing some research into melanin, skin exposure to UV and the bodies requirement for vitamin D, and you might find the correct answer.
Of course not - refer above as to why. Nothing to do with intelligence.
Comparing skin colour to intelligence is really pathetic.
By your reasoning anyone with a big nose would be a great banker.
Yes - they exhibit a lack of knowledge, not a lack of intelligence.
Put an aboriginal from 40,000 years ago in European todays society from birth, without ancestral influence, and he would grow and learn with the same potential as a European baby from today.
He would reason, talk, do maths, spell, and interact exactly the same as modern man.
The difference is not his level of intelligence - he has the same ability to learn, he simply needed the social structure in which to develop potential.
If you said to me the social structure of the aboriginal race is f***ed, that the average aboriginal exhibits the potential to be a lazy drunken drug addicted no-hoper who is a sponge on modern society.
Then I would agree 100%.
But that is caused through a bad social structure, not a lack of intelligence.
Senator Aden Ridgeway is proof that, given the proper circumstances, an aboriginal has the same intellectual potential as a European.
This is not a syllogism.
Equating temperature to intelligence - you have lost the plot, pal.
You are looking for a syllogistic error, and it does not exist.
My reasoning is simple - social environment gives the perception of intellectual level. Without social environment, intelligence is equal.
'Grow a brain. moron' - that's your closing argument.
And you have the audacity to say aboriginals are unintelligent.
I'd love to get you in a room with Aden Ridgeway - he would change your mind about the potential of aboriginies.
Artie....
