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Well, let us just suppose, hypothetically, that it can be unequivocally proven that Bolivians are better at mathematical thinking. It would logically follow that one could expect a higher proportion of Bolivians to succeed in advanced mathematics programs, relative to their proportion in the general population. Then there would logically be no reason to tip admissions to these mathematics programs in favor of non-Bolivians, correct?
Not that there's any way to test certain facets of intelligence; there are definitely intellectual fields for which the above could never be done. But hey, in that scenario, suppressing the information only hurts the Bolivians.
All that aside: for whatever reason, it is not at all "un-PC" to claim that certain races are much physically weaker than others (I recall there was a recent thread in the College Life forum about this, in which this claim was made, numerous times, by certain posters. And other offended parties did not "demand an apology"). But when it comes to a comparison of intellect there's suddenly this huge stigma. Why the double standard? Would the former comment suddenly become unacceptable if success in our society were measured by physical strength?
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