you said "there have been a few studies where black children who were brought up in adoptive white families scored lower on the tests than the biological offspring of those families, despite being raised/tutored/etc in identical environments. "
i think I summed it up quite concisely, rather than hyperbolically or emotionally triggered. But there never is any discussion, good faith or otherwise, as I don't think Ive ever seen you change your mind when confronted with contradictory information (another important aspect of intelligence not measured in IQ testing). you'll go on believing about race and this study and whatever other chestnuts align.
It's a deeply flawed 50 year old study that relies on several assumptions to establish a genetic basis for the differences.
a) that the prenatal environment has no effect on neurodevelopment. we now understand how important maternal health is to development during pregnancy. This study made no attempt to even measure confounding differences between the black mothers terms and those of white mothers
b) that white parents raising a black child, particularly in 1970s america, would give it identical educational opportunities that white kid raised by white parent would. That the child would live on some utopian island like schwarernegger from Twins, where racism didn't exist and their schooling experience until 17 was identical to the white kid
you could read the various criticism and flaws on the wiki you posted, even one of the orignal study authors pointed out his glaring errors 20 years later. But the telling thing is the citation count - hardly anyone cites it any more because it's not a credible study. But I imagine you saw it on some meme or video in the odd places on the internet you frequent (B3ta aside), I don't know how else you would have come across it, and it's something you immediately jammed into the "true" slot in your head as you like the conclusion, not being black and all.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 12:36,
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'not being black and all'
What relevance would my own skin colour have in regards to this discussion? Sounds a bit racist to be bringing that into it. Are you projecting again?
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 12:41, Reply)
not projecting
I was just speculating why you found this particular 50 year old study persuasive enough to cite
like some of tosh studies I've seen antivaxers and global heating deniers share around, this look exactly the kind of thing that racists would share around uncritically.
But perhaps I'm being unkind. These days you don't have to hang around on stormfront, you can probably see things like this if you spend enough time on twitter or listen to joe rogan
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 13:34,
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Cummy getting disproportionately outraged over an otherwise measured and reasonable discussion.
Shocker.
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 12:47, Reply)
it would be a reasonable discussion if you had something to say other than these dull attempts at trolling
perhaps you've got nothing to add but want to feel involved. I hope this engagement is enough, I wouldnt want you to feel inadequate
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 13:45,
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