Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test
by ivan_gammel on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @07:58PM
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> It correlates extremely closely with objective measures like percentage of genetic ancestry from a given continent
It doesn’t make this clustering less arbitrary.
> I’ll happily use different term like “ancestral group” if you like it more
I do not care what term do you use for it as long as I do not see any scientific argument for having it. Politics and whatever activism have nothing to do with it.
It correlates extremely closely with objective measures like percentage of genetic ancestry from a given continent or historical population, so close in fact that for statistical purposes, it is justified to regard these two as virtually identical.
> Races do not exist, it is a scientific fact.
I’ll happily use different term like “ancestral group” if you like it more, but the (scientific) truth of the matter is that it’s just splitting hairs. I know that in recent years activists worked hard to obfuscate and misinform people on these topics, so I will happily accommodate you.