Eugine_Nier comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Ritalin 23 February 2014 01:26:15AM *  0 points [-]

Hardly. I myself change colour all the time, depending on how much sun I get. But it would appear that the races "scientific racism" as I understand it classifies as smarter, are all of paler disposition overall; "whites" in the traditional sense, european jews, and east asians. Calling them all White-X is a way of drawing attention to this strange fact. Is there something about sunlight deprivation that sharpens the mind?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 23 February 2014 03:52:51AM 3 points [-]

I'm not sure about that. I don't have statistics, anecdotally dark skinned Indians appear to be comparable to East Asians.

Comment author: Ritalin 23 February 2014 10:56:53AM -1 points [-]

Indians have very varied skin tones, ranging from the very very dark all the way to the very very pale.