The Nature of Intelligence

[x] = frame of thought

[Intriguing Ethnic Trends and Disparities in Intelligence tests and Professional and Academic attainment.]

[racial intelligence?]

* One laughable egalitarian notion is that one "can't have it all". Bodies are either relatively physically strong and mentally dull or physically lacking and mentally sharp. This flawed reasoning is not only unscientific but is also in ways counterintuitive -- many creatures do less physically (have less strength and agility) as well as mentally (not as many levels of thought or as strenuous thought).

I will explain why it's not only extremely flawed but a farce, but first we must understand the ways in which their reasoning is intuitive.

One reason is that many of the people who dedicate alot of their time to intellectual endeavors are not often the most fit people, as far as archetypes go. Going again by stereotype the converse is true as well, people who spend alot of time and effort on being fit aren't that concerned with things intellectual.

Another reason is the dominance African Americans have displayed in a number of fast, constant flow sports, and at the professional level, while not attaining such success in terms of careers and education in general. Though to my knowledge no models have been proposed as to why, we at least have empirical evidence (statistics).

The obvious flaw of the first one is its based solely on subjective observation. With the second one things get a little more convoluted. Who's to say being able to dribble a ball or physically cut off your opposition holds more weight than being able to lift the most weight, swim the fastest or spin the most times in the air? What is "better" is always conditional, it always depends on an objective. What about sports where success is spread out like fighting? How much of success in football depends on ability to read things like the offense, the defense, or (for a wide out) your opponent?

I think we can all say with confidence that black americans excell at creative endeavors all in all. Black innovation has been most seen in creative areas like music, dance and style (not just fashion, but America's whole demeanor and attitude as well as vocabulary have been impacted). The creative fast-flow sports like tackle football and basketball have been dominated by African Americans.

Cognitively, black Americans more often tend to show signs of right hemispheric brain dominance, a condition wherein the right side of the brain is more active than the left.

While brain dominance has been victom to exaggeration and psuedo-science, and has been rejected as being major behavioral determinant, it is real