Quote Originally Posted by Watchman View Post
"Why" what ? The definition of intelligence or the failure of your Galilei reference ? Because AFAIK nobody's yet come up with a comprehensive, unambigious and universally applicable definition for intelligence

and because Galilei was't burned but rather put under house arrest, that's why.
so what, can we not look at these matters using the measures for intelligence that already exist? i can well imagine that doing so would do far more to expose the flaws in current intelligence tests than any great variation in intelligence resulting from heritability. the important thing to ask the questions, to explore, to scientifically observe, not to close down debate because you feel uncomfortable.

allegory.