Race and Intelligence
There is an ongoing scientific controversy regarding the role of genetics in explaining racial differences in IQ and other measures of intelligence. Some are agnostic about the causes, while others argue that environmental factors explain all of the differences, or that both genetics and environmental factors are important. Finally, some argue that genetic factors are responsible for most of the differences.
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