Inequality

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The Zeitgeist is human equality, and like most ghosts, it turns out to be just a sheet over nothing.  The human equality the Founding Fathers were talking about is the equality of rights, certainly not the equality of capacity, intelligence, integrity, or any of the other things we judge people by.  The very fact that we judge people by them shows that people are manifestly not equal in that sense.  Neither are groups of people.  The main reason for "achievement gaps" in education and life in general is this inequality, and it makes a farce out of all attempts to "close the achievement gap."  And it's not a simple matter of "intelligence" alone.  Studies have shown that Gypsies, for example, do indeed have innate musical aptitude.  Ashkenazi Jews always score highest on certain kinds of intelligence tests.  Blacks, no matter how you cut it, remain fifteen points behind Whites in intelligence testing of all kinds.  And I don't think I have to explain the bell curve to readers of this blog, do I?  Well, in case outsiders show up today, I will — those fifteen points are an average.  If you take a thousand randomly-selected Blacks and Whites, there will be several Blacks smarter than several Whites.  You might find anything on the individual level, but the gap at the group level is always there.  Just Google "Bell curve" and you'll find lots of explanations.

Well, the amazing Glaivester has produced a symbol for those of us who understand about human inequality, also called Human Biodiversity, based on all those old "Equality" buttons all over the place back in the Sixties.  It's available in various versions HERE.  The "Galton" is Francis Galton.  Read about him HERE and you'll understand the reference.