Race and intelligence is probably one of Science's moral bashing field. According to this study, Asians have the highest IQ of any race, slightly higher than the whites on average. On the other hand, the blacks and the Australian Aborigines have the lowest IQ. This created an chain of controversies across the world. Many considered this study to have the potential of bringing up stereotypes, while it can put others down. Race and intelligence can be viewed as morally obscene, and downright racist. Scientists that support this have a chance to be forced to resign. This field will be controversial for quite some time.
Do you feel that this is controversial? Why or why not? DO you think that scientists should study this area of science? What if the tests are flawed and that skews the results to be higher for some races than for others?
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