@Hasmanean @GFrancis420 Sure everyone knows whales have huge brains and more neurons. Whales can also navigate across oceans by dead-reckoning. Similarly, Arctic peoples, who have the largest brains of any classical race, have navigated a rather featureless area by dead reckoning.
@Hasmanean @GFrancis420 Also, whales are considered some of the "smartest" creatures on the planet. The relation is generally true.
But when comparing two random species, we would expect those with bigger brains to be "smarter". Again, birds and apes are the chief outliers.
But when comparing two random species, we would expect those with bigger brains to be "smarter". Again, birds and apes are the chief outliers.
@Hasmanean @GFrancis420 If you're looking within a species, you'd expect the relationship to be even stronger since the brains would be expected to be of similar "design" for a given size. We don't expect radical differences in "structure" between Euros and Africans when compared to interspecies diffs
@Hasmanean @GFrancis420 But you're right, the more "recently evolved" changes in brain mass from more northerly pops away from the equator are probably more of what humans classify as "higher functions" or "abstract reasoning". And sure, the greater self-control of northern-clime peoples probably leads
@Hasmanean @GFrancis420 to more intellectual interest that further compounds this advantage.
@Hasmanean @GFrancis420 But heredetarians typically don't bring that second part up because:
1. They don't need to for either the anti-discrimination or racial separatist punchline (depending on the individual)
2. It's more fuzzy and is a vector for discrediting everything else
1. They don't need to for either the anti-discrimination or racial separatist punchline (depending on the individual)
2. It's more fuzzy and is a vector for discrediting everything else
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