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Title: Is there a superior racial group?
Review: "Guns, Germs, and Steel" certainly makes for good reading. I was turned off however by Diamond's relentless attack on the notion that one race may be intellectually superior to another. Sure enough, to my knowledge, there has never been any serious research that has conclusively come down on one side or the other. But because of that, I believe we are entitled to opinions on the subject, but Diamond would want only one opinion, and that is: all the races are equal in their intellect. This dogmatism lowers somewhat the stature of the book.
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