Quote Originally Posted by Beanz View Post
Not at all because height and size are identifiable genetic components. There are not the same identifiable genes for intelligence. Japanese Culture, Korean culture, Asian Culture is all geared towards activities and practices that bode well for IQ tests. IQ test are not even the unbiased tests they present themselves as. This is why IQ's fluctuate so much among people with very similar genetics. Growing their IQ' s makes no sense, if you think it is genetic that would take many, many, many, many generations to show up. The fact that people can with practice increase their own score again and again in their life time suggest that there is no racial component and that nurture/education etc are THE determining factors.
Like height and size, IQ also has identifiable genetic components.....Peer Reviewed links for your reading if you care to do so.

Genetic Variants Build a Smarter Brain
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/...-smarter-brain

Genes don't just influence your IQ—they determine how well you do in school
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/...-you-do-school

Gene Network Effects on Brain Microstructure and Intellectual Performance Identified in 472 Twins
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/25/8732


If IQ was 100% determined by Nurture/Environment then you would be (and I am not accusing you of this at all) laying the blame for those races and ethnicities not achieving as high on IQ tests on the cultures they come from/were raised in and that is (and dear lord I hate to use the word) "problematic" because all cultures value education, all cultures value knowledge and to say "It's 100% nurture/environment" is saying Native American cultures don't value wisdom, education, Black cultures don't value wisdom, education, Hispanic and Latino cultures don't value wisdom education and I don't for 1 second believe that, and I believe that you are not inferring that but you're not meaning to imply it, but this is the crux of the trouble when discussing IQ along with race and ethnicity.


It's by no means an open and shut case either way.