From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 23:31:13 BST
Hi all,
On 25 Jun 2004 at 15:23, Dan Glover wrote:
someone said:
>By the same token, I cannot intellectually close the door on
>investigations of racial differences that meet Pirsig's tests for
>truth -- logical consistency, agreement with experience, and economy
>of explanation. To do so would violate the spirit of scientific
>inquiry and the MOQ itself.
dan said:
I think so too.
msh says:
And this brings us back to the question of scientific evidence in
favor of the idea that "race" is a valid and useful construct. The
OVERWHELMING evidence, as I believe I pointed out, is that the
concept involves a social distinction based on superficial
appearances. A distinction made for some pretty ugly reasons, and
none of them scientific.
Therefore, I see no logical consistency, agreement with experience,
or economy of explanation in clinging to race-based explanations of
human intelligence and behavior. I can, however, envision social
reasons for such tenacity.
Thanks,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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