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Your first sentence is a non-sequitur. When did Nature decide that the more well-educated are the fittest?

Your second sentence is wrong. People's intelligence vary widely which is why some people can't even answer a hypothetical question and engage in thought experiments.

Black people suffer in the US because the US has a ton of laws that harm them, like minimum wage laws (first enacted to stifle competition), drug laws (first enacted on racist grounds to jail minorities), welfare laws (first enacted to segregate minorities in ghettos). But god forbid we blame the State, it must be a "social" problem...

Your first sentence is a non-sequitur. When did Nature decide that the more well-educated are the fittest?

IQ isn't nature, IQ is a testing system. IQ is essentially a test of whether you have been given a high-quality Western education.

Your second sentence is wrong. People's intelligence vary widely which is why some people can't even answer a hypothetical question and engage in thought experiments.

People's intelligence does vary, but not as much as you think it does. A lot of it, again, is down to education.

Black people suffer in the US because the US has a ton of laws that harm them,

The legal system does not exist in isolation. It is influenced by US society (which is oppressive towards black people).

I am more convinced of Dr James Flynn's arguments than yours regarding IQ because I have gone over some of his work, which contradicts what you are saying. If you point me to some of yours or your sources I'd take a look.

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