Invention of the white race // Rakesh on eugenics

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 09:58 PM 5/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>> But the bottom line is that these folks are using paper and pencil tests
>> -yes, PAPER and PENCIL TESTS (that is what all this IQ-testing crap is) -
>> to address problems of genetics or molecular biology. 
>
>This is dumb. Psychometrics means measuting behavior, and if there is a
>quantity called intelligence, it will be revealed in behavior, including
>centrally verbal behavior, which means reading, writing, talking, and
>problem solving. That is, the use of pencil and paper tests. You won't
>find it by x-ray crystallography or genetic mapping.

See my response to Doug in the same thread that addresses this issue in
more detail.

Regards,

WS