05-31-2006, 06:02 PM
The caste system in short is a mini-evolutionary lab
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By this logic , 50 years ago if a Shudra was born of 100-120+ IQ, such a talent would have been waste, because due to caste systems rigidity he couldn't have taken up a job that required intellect and he'd have died of utter poverty and hunger.
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So, for the lower castes, someone with low IQ and amenable to menial tasks would have stood better chance of employment and hence longevity and reproductivity.
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Over a generation such a situation will naturally result in a population of low IQ in the community (with exceptions of course).
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I think you have not fully understood what I am saying
Initially, all castes started off with the same IQ
Each caste depending on its occupation faced different darwinian pressures
and slowly evolved in different directions with talents in different fields
In a caste of laborers, IQ would be of no use, the darwinian pressures would be
in the direction of more strength and stamina
As Ambedkar pointed out, the main weakness of the caste system was
in not having a channel for the talented among the backward castes to rise up
IQ in all castes have a bell curve which means each generation, some high IQ people are born among backward castes and some low IQ people are born in forward castes
The caste system has sort of functioned in a manner similar to dog breeding numerous select breeds out of mongrels
No one breed is superior to another, just different skills in different areas
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Reservation or not, but prolonged and committed affirmative actions are required to pull up such population groups out of the sad situation.
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I have supported a moderate amount of reservation, since it weeds out the
less IQ among the forward castes
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By this logic , 50 years ago if a Shudra was born of 100-120+ IQ, such a talent would have been waste, because due to caste systems rigidity he couldn't have taken up a job that required intellect and he'd have died of utter poverty and hunger.
--
Correct
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So, for the lower castes, someone with low IQ and amenable to menial tasks would have stood better chance of employment and hence longevity and reproductivity.
--
Correct
--
Over a generation such a situation will naturally result in a population of low IQ in the community (with exceptions of course).
--
Correct
--
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I think you have not fully understood what I am saying
Initially, all castes started off with the same IQ
Each caste depending on its occupation faced different darwinian pressures
and slowly evolved in different directions with talents in different fields
In a caste of laborers, IQ would be of no use, the darwinian pressures would be
in the direction of more strength and stamina
As Ambedkar pointed out, the main weakness of the caste system was
in not having a channel for the talented among the backward castes to rise up
IQ in all castes have a bell curve which means each generation, some high IQ people are born among backward castes and some low IQ people are born in forward castes
The caste system has sort of functioned in a manner similar to dog breeding numerous select breeds out of mongrels
No one breed is superior to another, just different skills in different areas
----
Reservation or not, but prolonged and committed affirmative actions are required to pull up such population groups out of the sad situation.
---
I have supported a moderate amount of reservation, since it weeds out the
less IQ among the forward castes
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