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    The Illusion of Freedom: A Critical Look at Neo-Conservative Ideals

    You may need to get a more accurate idea of how neocons feel about freedom. As long as the masses do what the elite tells them to do, then they are free. Read about their philosophy at: http://theoccidentalquarterly.com/vol4no2/km-understandIII.html
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    Is Direct Democracy the Solution to Capitalism?

    Sounds like you place Hitler in the same category as Jesus Christ. It is probably safe to say that many movements are dependent on a charismatic leader, because that is what humans respond to. It means little who you follow in the end, you are still following. Few have the ability to lead.
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    Is Race a Scientifically Useful Concept in Medical Research?

    I am talking about human migration patterns from two million to 500 years ago essentially. That is when the great migrations started and it is the date Cavalli-Sforza uses to look at different races. That is, he looks for isolated villages, towns, any part of a nation or race where ancestors...
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    Is Race a Scientifically Useful Concept in Medical Research?

    If you mean by mongrel, the mixing of different breeds of dogs like the breeding of different human races, then most people still fall into racial classifications and are not mongrels. That is, they know their ancestry. And with genetic testing it can be further refined. There are also some...
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    Is Race a Scientifically Useful Concept in Medical Research?

    She can call herself a member of the human species, a mongrel, a person of color, or anything that she wants. The last I looked, there isn't such a thing as "a wonderfully rich genetic heritage." Some genes survive, some don't. Considering that all organisms exist merely to pass on genes to the...
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    Questions on _g_ and intelligence

    The book looks at three causes for differences in intelligence and behaviors. Using a very large group, and using longitudinal studies, as well as including all of the relationships (twins, adopted children, families with half brothers/sisters, etc.), they determined that when young, the shared...
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    Questions on _g_ and intelligence

    Are you familiar with the book "The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development" by Reiss, Neiderhiser, Hertherton and Plomin, 2000. It reports on a massive 13 year study funded by NIH, and supports the loss of shared environmental influence on a host...
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    Is Race a Scientifically Useful Concept in Medical Research?

    To my knowledge, no one is looking or genetic proof of races any more than anyone is looking at genetic proof for breeds of dogs. If you mean one distinct marker that is, because that is the straw man that is continually attacked to show that race is not real. If race is not real, are there no...
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    Is Race a Scientifically Useful Concept in Medical Research?

    The debate on the meaning of race is purely political. It makes little sense to quote one expert or another; they all disagree because it is not scientific. The more I get into the areas where humans are highly irrational, the more I see no place where science can help us come to an answer. Any...
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    Questions on _g_ and intelligence

    It is well known that intelligence is more malleable in children, and more genetic in adults. Any study that does not test the children later on in life is quite meaningless with regards to intelligence in adulthood. We all know, including the Jensenists, that there is a great deal of...
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    Is Race a Scientifically Useful Concept in Medical Research?

    Yes, it is a package deal. Blacks cannot blame all of their problems on "White privilege" without having Whites defend themselves by pointing out that perhaps it could be that some races are not as intelligent as others - on average. THAT is the package deal - you want affirmative action based...
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    Do I understand particularism-or, what is it?

    Actually, it has been estimated that during human's hunter-gatherer era, the death toll from warfare was about 20 times what is was in the last century. Humans are, like Chimpanzees, a warring species. Probably trade and commerce have made it less common.
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    Do I understand particularism-or, what is it?

    Rummel has a website that is the most complete with regards to genocides. Search "democide" and Rummel and the data is listed.
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    Questions on _g_ and intelligence

    She is a sociologist who specializes in general intelligence, with regards to intelligence being correlated with school and job performance. That is her area of expertise. Not everyone doing research in intelligence is a psychometrician - there are many areas of specialization. But she is one of...
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    Is Direct Democracy the Solution to Capitalism?

    Democracy does have severe and persistent problems, especially with the government collecting money then handing it out to special interest groups. Eventually, it dies as it slips into inefficiencies. It is the Problem of the Commons as defined by Garrett Hardin(sp). Some good books on democracy...