Posted on 11/03/2005 7:34:18 AM PST by RightWingAtheist
culture strongly influences the factors governing rates of synaptic pruning and reinforcement.
synaptic density strongly influences native raw intellectual capacity.
so how, exactly, does "G" have NOTHING to do with culture?
For this ignorant one, explain "G".
iirc, "G" is the fundamental "intellectual capacity pool" from which all measurable characteristics (creativity, analysis, etc...) are derived.
I have yet to see a definition of the neurostructural basis of "G" that could be used to compare neurostructural differences between individuals and accurately predict differences in raw intellectual capacity - with the sole possible partial exception of density of syanaptic interconnection within the neocortex.
I suspect that "G" is likely to be found to be bunk as neuroscience trundles along on its current trend of exploding 19th Century notions concerning the psyche and intellect.
Thank you.
you're welcome - just take that "iirc" seriously. I'm no neurobiologist, nor am I a Pshrink.
Why is that bad news? Because for the past 1 percent of that span — 60,000 years or so, or, to put it another way, half a million or so building-block changes — modern humans have been scattered around the land surface of our planet in groups that have occupied widely different environmental niches, and haven’t mixed much with each other. That’s why your average Eskimo doesn’t look much like your average Australian aborigine. Yes, we have bumped up against the R-word — race.
The unhappy thing for the United States is that the problems implicit in results like these are very peculiarly our problems, America’s problems.
The so called American 'melting pot' may be a greater strength than anyone ever imagined.
That's the theory, but it does have something to do with how a person is raised. I am not aware of any culture free tests.
Would visual placement of blocks, and guessing what blocks are behind them, have anything to do with culture?
Visualisation. Either you have it, or you don't. Nothing racist about it, and yes, it predicts success.
How about reaction time where you put ouot two or three fingers, and the other person has to put out enough fingers to make the total count odd?
Is that culteral?
How about the test where you ask for a synonym? You do know what that means, right?
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