Authors :
Sujay Rao Mandavilli
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 9 - September
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/26fsx6ry
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8378943
Abstract :
We begin this paper by attempting to define
the highly nebulous, ambiguous and misleading concept
of race, and review current literature to show that the
term ‘race’ is a fundamentally a highly antiquated and
flawed concept. We also revisit various other
contemporary theories on human classification including
anthropometric and genetic ones. We also summarize
the principles, concepts and tenets of our paper of the
‘Certainty uncertainty principle’ for the social sciences
which was published by us early in the year 2023, and
show how the principles of this paper can be used to
demonstrate how and why racism and scientific racism
are highly dubious and questionable concepts. Even
though these concepts have been more or less jettisoned
by mainstream researchers and scientists, they continue
to linger on in the collective imagination of the common
folk, who harbour qualms and inhibitions about the
absolute equality of all humans. We also discuss the
‘Flynn effect’ in all its ramifications, and propose the
‘Comprehensive socio-cultural persecution complex’ to
account for alleged differences in IQ scores from across
cultures and societies. We also not only discuss the
merits and demerits of IQ tests, but also review the
concepts of persecution complex, discrimination
complex, and inferiority complex. Of course, the
objective of any form of research is to get to the truth,
and we stand steadfastly by this principle at all times.
We only recommend that certain factors based on the
‘Certainty uncertainty principle’ for the social science
must be isolated before getting to the absolute truth
which would be the ultimate goal of any meaningful
research.
We begin this paper by attempting to define
the highly nebulous, ambiguous and misleading concept
of race, and review current literature to show that the
term ‘race’ is a fundamentally a highly antiquated and
flawed concept. We also revisit various other
contemporary theories on human classification including
anthropometric and genetic ones. We also summarize
the principles, concepts and tenets of our paper of the
‘Certainty uncertainty principle’ for the social sciences
which was published by us early in the year 2023, and
show how the principles of this paper can be used to
demonstrate how and why racism and scientific racism
are highly dubious and questionable concepts. Even
though these concepts have been more or less jettisoned
by mainstream researchers and scientists, they continue
to linger on in the collective imagination of the common
folk, who harbour qualms and inhibitions about the
absolute equality of all humans. We also discuss the
‘Flynn effect’ in all its ramifications, and propose the
‘Comprehensive socio-cultural persecution complex’ to
account for alleged differences in IQ scores from across
cultures and societies. We also not only discuss the
merits and demerits of IQ tests, but also review the
concepts of persecution complex, discrimination
complex, and inferiority complex. Of course, the
objective of any form of research is to get to the truth,
and we stand steadfastly by this principle at all times.
We only recommend that certain factors based on the
‘Certainty uncertainty principle’ for the social science
must be isolated before getting to the absolute truth
which would be the ultimate goal of any meaningful
research.
