Whites are superior to blacks, and blacks are dragging us down.

When I refer to "whites" and "blacks" in this debate, I am referring to Caucasian Americans and African Americans. IQ Gaps that are Observed The gap is about 15 points. Whites average about 100 IQ. Blacks, on the other hand, average about 85 IQ [1]. I would hope and assume that my opponent would not dispute the existence of this widely acknowledged gap and would only argue the cause of this gap. I will know make the arguments for why I think these gaps have genetic influences. IQ is Heavily Heritable Given that the black-white IQ gap is widely denied, it is also relevant to look at how heritable IQ is. IQ, like most other traits, gets more heritable with age. So, in younger children, genetics matter less for IQ than genetics matter for 17 year olds. In 1996, the American Psychological Association gave a heritability estimate of about .45 for children and about .75 during and after adolescence. In 2004, a meta analysis of reports in Current Directions in Psychological Science gave an overall estimate of around .85 for 18 year olds and older [2]. The evidence is overwhelming that IQ is very heritable. Since the black-white IQ gap is evident for people in adolescence or later, the high heritability in adolescence and later is the relevant figure here. The Improbability of Genetics Not Playing a Role Give the The significance of the black-white IQ gap (about 15 points) and the heritability of IQ in adolescents and adults (somewhere from .75 to .85), it is vastly improbable that genes play no role in IQ. It would take practically all blacks being intensely malnourished and under the influence to drugs and practically all whites being well fed and drug free for this gap to be completely the result of these environmental influences. While it is true that blacks are somewhat more likely to be malnourished and are slightly more likely to be on drugs, the differences here are not nearly sufficient enough to explain the gap. Malnourishment is immensely rare in all races in the USA, and drug use is only to some extent higher among blacks (8.5% of whites have used a drug in the past month versus 9.7% of blacks) [3,4]. Given these realities, the idea that environment influences explain the entire black-white IQ gap is simply far-fetched. The Black-White IQ Gap is Larger on More G-Loaded (Genetically Influenced) Tests If there were genetic influences on the black-white IQ gap, we would see parts of IQ tests that are more genetically influenced have bigger gaps than parts that are less genetically influenced. In fact, this is precisely what is observed. The black-white IQ gap is larger on the more genetically influenced in reverse. Digit Span test than it is on the less genetically influenced Forward Digit Span Test [5,6]. The fact that the black-white IQ gap is more pronounced on more genetically influenced tests lends a lot of support to the idea that there are genetic influences on the black-white IQ gap. Differences in Brain Size There is a correlation between brain size and IQ of about .40. Larger brains have more neurons and synapses and process information faster. Like all correlations, this does not always mean larger brains mean more intelligence. But, as a general rule, larger brains do imply more intelligence. Whales, for instance, have larger brains than humans, but humans are still more intelligent. But, whales are still intelligent animals and an overall correlation exists. The 0.40 correlation of IQ and brain size is only within the human species. So, it is appropriate that whites have larger average brain size than blacks and also higher IQs. It is also relevant that east asians have larger brain size than both whites and blacks and higher IQs than both whites and blacks [5,6]. This final element to this adds strength to the notion that brain size does matter for intelligence with human races. This adds more strength to genetic influences mattering for the black-white IQ gap. Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study The Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study examined individuals, some with two black biological parents, some with two white biological parents, and some with one black biological parent and one white biological parent, who had been adopted into upper middle class white families. So, the environments were somewhat parallel for all of these groups. If genetics did not matter for the black-white IQ gap, we would presume IQ to be somewhat similar for these different individuals. At age 17, the IQs of each of these groups had their IQ measured. The adopted children with two black biological parents scored an average IQ of 89, the adopted children with two biological white parents scored an average of 106 IQ, and the adopted children with one biological white parent and one biological black parent scored an average of 99 IQ. So, for a summary, pure white children scored an average of 106, pure black children scored an average of 89, and half white and half black children scored an average of 99 [7]. So, despite being raised in white upper middle class families, the black-white IQ gaps remained. This would suggest that genetics do matter for these IQ gaps. Granted, there are flaws with this study, but it is the only study that I know of that looked at kids at an old enough age for genes to fully express themselves for intellect. Other studies looked at kids at too young an age to truly estimate the impact of genes. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org...... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org...... [3] http://www.heritage.org...... [4] http://oas.samhsa.gov...... [5] (for the actual study) http://psychology.uwo.ca...... [6] (for a summary of the study) http://www.news-medical.net...... [7] http://en.wikipedia.org...... "Con disputes this evidence; it is not evidence but an opinion and conjecture. Please provide historians, anthropologists, psychologists, etc. that agree this statement; otherwise it is personal conjecture, which is not valid in a debate." Let's carry out small digression to the modern world and we will look who at it I created. I will mention only key persons of the last millennium but if you want you can independently study all intermediate opening. They too belong to white people. - The heliocentrism - was offered by Copernicus. It gave an idea of mankind of the structure of solar system. Copernicus was Slav and was born in Poland. - Englishman Newton offered the theory of universal gravitation. Which says that all bodies are attracted to each other. After that theoretical going into orbit of the earth became possible. - Tsialkovsky - the Russian scientist (the Slavic nation) who is the father of astronautics. Queens - the Russian scientist and the designer (the Slavic nation) who the first created and constructed the device capable to orbit. Also Queens, I launched the first satellite and the first person into an orbit. As you see a space age to mankind of a distance white people. Now we will talk about the atmosphere: - The founder of the first airship " Frenchman Myo"e de la Plas. - The father of an era of aircraft is - Zhukovsky (Slav). He created laws of kinematics of liquid and gaseous bodies. He is also the inventor of a modern wing who the first created the correct form, proved that such carrying power and as to use it. - Mozhaisk or brothers Wright (there is a dispute who was the first) created the first-ever plane. All of them are representatives of white race. - The first-ever jet engine was created by German Okhayn. Mechanical engineering: - Very important contribution to an era of mechanical engineering was made by Archimedes (Greek). Its laws in the future helped to create the first engines. - The first steam engine was described by the mathematician Heron (Greek). The truth the first turbine was created by the Arab!!! Egyptian Takiyuddin of an ash-Shama. - The first steam engine was created by the Spanish inventor Ieronimo Ajans. - The first steam car was created by Ferdinand Verbst (Belgium). BUT! He created it as a toy for the Chinese emperor! - Later Frenchman Kyunyo " created the first car with the steam engine. - The era of internal combustion engines was created by these people: Philip Lebon, Jean Etienne Lenuar, Augustus Otto. All of them were representatives of white race. - Modern fuel for cars (gasoline) Dubinykh was created in Russia by brothers. In the same place the first overworking plant was constructed. - The first petrol engine was created by the German to Gottlieb Deimler. - Almost all history of automotive industry is connected with white people. Look here:http://en.wikipedia.org... - It is also possible to refer creation of the engine to this era. The history of industrial machines for processing of metals " is also connected with Europeans. Now we will pass to an electric era: - Nikola Tesla (The Serbian, the Slav) gave all modern electric era to us. - Thomas Edison was the inventor of the first diode. (USA) - William Shokli, John Bardin and Walter Bratteyn were inventors of the first transistor. (USA). - The first radio was invented by Popov (Russian). - Strengthening and generation of electric signals Losev (Russian). - The history of computers almost for 100% is connected with white people. - The first programmator (a basis of the personal computer) was created by Gorokhov (Russian). - The first modern personal computer was created by Steve Jobs (USA). - 99% of programming languages are created by white people. Since machine codes and finishing a web with languages. And now we will talk about geniuses of the white person. I will provide the list, and you reflect who these people and that they gave to the world. SO: Leonardo da Vinci, Archimedes, Nikola Tesla, Einstein, Thomas Edison, Heron Alexandriyski, Lomonosov. " Clematises: Discoveries of Lomonosov enriched many branches of knowledge. I developed nuclear and molecular ideas of a substance structure. During domination of the theory of a heatsort I claimed that warmth is caused by the movement of corpuscles. I formulated the principle of preservation of a matter and the movement. I eliminated m2;l3;l6;k5;l0;l9;m0;l6;l5; chemical agents. I laid the foundation of physical chemistry. I investigated atmospheric electricity and gravity. I put forward the doctrine about color. I created a number of optical devices. I opened the atmosphere on Venus. I described Earth structure, I explained an origin of many minerals and minerals. I published the guide to metallurgy. The author of works on the Russian history, criticized the Norman theory. The largest Russian poet educator of 18 century, one of founders of sillabo-tonic versification. Founder of the Russian ode of philosophical and high civil sounding. Author of poems, poetic messages, tragedies, satires, fundamental philological works and scientific grammar of Russian. I revived art of a mosaic and production of smalt, I created mosaic pictures with pupils. Member of Academy of Arts (1763). It is buried in St. Petersburg in the Necropolis 18. I invented more than one hundred various physical and meteorological devices such as: The device for viscosity measurement, the device for light refraction measurement, the device of measurement of hardness, a pyrometer, the anemometer, a gas barometer, the first device of night vision and many others... This person one of the most pressing geniuses for the last 500 years. What? Yes almost everything. Periodic table, anatomy and the atlas of a human body, the atlas of a brain, surgery, television, the atlas of the earth, an origin of species, the theory of relativity, nuclear physics, quantum physics, a photo and video of the technician, the world learned to treat fatal diseases thanks to the white person... The white person learned to suppress activity of viruses. Today the person with HIV infection can live to 50 years. And only 20 years ago, people died in 3-5 years. What you have doubts? Unfortunately, I can"t debunk con"s claims because i have no more room to write.