On Race and Intelligence
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philobibliusHistorical events appear to have been much more potent in leading races to civilisation than their faculty, and it follows that achievements of races do not warrant us to assume that one race is more highly gifted than the other.
Dr. Franz Boas, from:
Human Faculty as determined by Race, in the Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1894.
Isn't it amazing how far we have come from there?
(originally posted Feb. 24th, 2007)
Postscript: More on this issue to follow in 2014, probably.
Dr. Franz Boas, from:
Human Faculty as determined by Race, in the Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1894.
Isn't it amazing how far we have come from there?
(originally posted Feb. 24th, 2007)
Postscript: More on this issue to follow in 2014, probably.
