My point is that cold-climate peoples are more advanced mentally, on average, than warm-climate peoples. As for 'whites,' it seems that we (as I am one) are more advanced in some mental areas...
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/My point is that cold-climate peoples are more advanced mentally, on average, than warm-climate peoples./
I live in the Northeast of the United States, but my ancestors were from Greece, which pioneered the flourishing of education millennia ago. Many people in my college classes are from California and Texas. FAIL.
/As for 'whites,' it seems that we (as I am one) are more advanced in some mental areas.../
Which is why several of my classmates on the honor roll were black. Which is why many students in my school are Asian or Indian. Which is why Japan's rate of education is much higher on the list than that of the United States. Double fail.
1. How are you defining 'advanced mentally'? Are you talking about IQ tests? Because every one slightly informed in this area know that comparing IQ cross-culturally is like comparing apples and oranges. Are you talking about school success or something? Because there is no way to control for the other factors, like socioeconomic status that affect results. Are you talking about personal experience? Because that is not science, just your own biased opinion.
2. How are you defining warm vs cold climate peoples? Wouldn't by your reasoning the Inuit be the most 'mentally advanced' ethnic group? Followed by those in Northern Russia and China? If you compared highland vs lowland Tibetans would you see a difference?
3.Is it possible you are just trying to find a way to justify your racism?
According to the Discworld novels, the temperature of the brain *does* affect intelligence. Look at the Troll Seargent (I forget his name) in the City Watch in Ankh-Morpok. That's proof right there, amirite?
It's been proven you can pull an infant out of the most primitive cultures, educate him with us and he'll do just as well,,,so; BULLSHIT
Also, someone who survives in some of these desolate, undeveloped areas is using his brain more than you ever did. Primitive doesn't mean stupid, and it's a realitive term based on stupid presumtions.
This is more RSTDT, but...
Your point is wrong. Colder climates make it easier to develop agriculture and technology (tropical rainforests are practically impossible to farm), not intelligence. Even so, there were many advanced civilizations in tropical areas (Great Zimbabwe, Angkor Wat...). In the New World, the Aztecs and Maya had a more populous civilization than anyone north of the Mexican border (though the Aztecs were admittedly a high-altitude area, and the Inca were in very cold conditions.)
"As for 'whites,' it seems that we (as I am one) are more advanced in some mental areas... "
Is it the racist part of your brain that is more "advanced?"
My point is that cold-climate peoples are more advanced mentally, on average, than warm-climate peoples.
Yeah, I love exploring the ancient Inuit cultural sites.
Living in colder climes led to clothing and architectural and heating (fire control) advances by neccessity. This kept advancing over a long period of time and led to Ship building, Metal forging and textile development
You can take no personal credit for any of these advances
Try living in the wilds of the African planes and see how smart you really are. Intelligence is a relative thing
But then why was the center of European civilisation Southern Europe (Greece, and then Italy) and the sunny Mediterranean until only the last few centuries?
As noted, there's plenty of reasons why tropical regions don't have well-developed civilisations.
it seems that we (as I am one) are more advanced in some mental areas...
Yes, I believe you are more "mental" than most.
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