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polymathwannabe comments on Stupid Questions, 2nd half of December - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 28 December 2015 12:41:55PM 0 points [-]

Judging only by skin color, most Korean hands would be indistinguishable from most Caucasian hands, and most Arabic hands would be indistinguishable from most Latino hands.

Likewise, judging only by brain function, no EEG-visible or MRI-visible differences appear between ethnic groups.

Comment author: Vaniver 30 December 2015 03:30:08PM 3 points [-]

Brain volume is often calculated from MRIs, and varies between racial groups. (MRIs also give you brain volume of different regions of the brain, which also vary between racial groups.)

Comment author: PipFoweraker 29 December 2015 11:54:34PM 2 points [-]

If you have any good (academic for preference) sources for the latter statement, I'd love to see them, mainly to add to my 'Collection of X-refuting hyperlinks' I have easily accessible when browsing the Internet At Large.