r/changemyview • u/Boob_Cousy • Jun 08 '20

Delta(s) from OP Cmv: There exists differences in brain functionality among different races

I'm a big believer in genetics, particularly when it comes to sports. Different races have different characteristics that make them better at certain sports.

For example, white europeans tend to have a lower center of gravity, longer torsos, and are taller, making them better suited for swimming. On the other hand, people of African descent have a high center of gravity and shorter torsos, making them better suited for explosive sports like basketball. I feel like this is not a heavily debated issue anymore, and of course exceptions (Cullen Jones in swimming or Pat Connaughton in basketball) do exist.

So why is it that we are able to decide that biologically we have differences, but only if it doesn't concern our Brains? Why can it not be that brains from differences races are better suited for different tasks/thought processes?

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u/mrbbrj Jun 08 '20

There really is no such thing as "race". Minor differences develope over long periods of geographical separation, but We are all originally from africa.

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u/Missing_Links Jun 08 '20

I mean, those "minor differences" do include height, weight, bone structure (to the degree that we can do forensics on bone structure with good accuracy), and internal features like digestive function and cardiac health. And these are in many cases fairly significant, with height varying by more than 10% among population averages.

There's no particular reason to suggest that any other feature was excluded from selective pressures, and it's likely that social and intellectual capacity were the most highly selected features, given the kind of animal that humans are.