RE: Differences - was Re: >H gender apartheid and transhumanists

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Karsten_B=E4nder?= (kbaender@bigfoot.com)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:12:24 +0100



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> I can think of plenty of cases where gender does make a difference. =
But on many
> traits, the differences seem overrated. For example, height. Males are =
on average
> slightly taller than females. But if I were to tell you "You will =
shortly meet two
> people. One is a native Thai adult male, raised in Thailand. The other =
is a native
> Masai woman, raised in East Africa". You would lose money (on average) =
betting that the
> male will be taller. Other factors swamp the gender bias.

When using statistics, you can go only one way:analyse a small part of a = group and apply the results to the whole group. You cannot guess from a = group to an individual. So, racial differences cannot be judged based on = a one-on-one scheme. You can only take averages between large groups. = This is no problem with physical attributes, which can be determined = without problem. But any mental attribute poses some problems. Most = psychologial test systems are "localized", developped to be used only on = specific groups with certain caracteristics. IMO there does not exist = any objective method of determining intelligence or other mental = capabilities regardless of social and/or educational background.

You could guess from historic and ethnic development on the advantages = and disadvantages of civilizations. You could say that, based on tight = population and less-than optimum living conditions, the European = civilizationswas forced to evolve to avoid extinction, thus came = technical and civilizational advance. China, as an opposite, resolved = the internal wars and became a static society for over 1.500 years, = because lack of threat caused a lack of evolution. As Biology teaches = us, evolution is never without an external factor. This applies to = humans, too.

In an ideal world where there would be no longer war and hatred, where = people could live together in peace, will there be any evolution?



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