Warren Dew wrote:
So you are saying that IQ scores, while unrelated to inherited intelligence, may be related to intelligence overall? That would make more sense, though it's not "perfectly clear" to me from your words.
I wouldn't call it "intelligence overall". I would call it mental ability. That's not the same as intelligence at all. It's something that can be improved, developed and honed during your lifetime. It's the combination of your inherited intelligence, and what you have learned. Of course IQ tests can be related to that. That's why people get better at IQ tests with practice. And why scores of populations can increase with social conditions.
I think intelligence is the quality of the brain that you were born with. ie, "inherited intelligence" is the ONLY type there is. That's why I don't think that IQ tests measure intelligence. They measure a certain type of mental ability.ie, IQ test competence. And each test measures a slightly different aspect of it.
Drewish wrote:
people of African decent are well behind others in regards to intelligence
Warren Dew wrote:
Drewish says nothing about inheritance or genetics there.
Ok, so you would rather abandon reality than admit your post was wrong.
Warren Dew wrote:
Speak for yourself. I still don't see the word "inherited" or "genetics" in the quote from Drewish.
So what else, apart from inherited genetics, does "African descent" mean?