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Re:Ask cperciva: Are great mathematicians born or made? by yummyfajitas on Thursday June 26, 2008 @02:47PM (#228946)
Well, I admit, I just skimmed it, I'll try to read the whole thing later. But near as I can tell, he isn't addressing the validity of g at all, merely claiming it is unproven that genetic differences between population groups is due to genetics or other factors (a claim I don't disagree with).
Re:Ask cperciva: Are great mathematicians born or made? by emmett on Thursday June 26, 2008 @06:08PM (#229170)
You're right; sorry, wrong essay. The other one, by the same guy, addressing that point:

http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/523.html