Westerners typically get more education higher wages than Africans. So does this mean that they are more valuable than Africans?
They are more valuable to some people in the market place yes - as such Westerners are also more expensive so value-for-money is sometimes to be had elsewhere...presumably in sectors that don't require the blessings of the West.
This means that rich economies can exploit poorer economies because they are of more value; they are better than the poor?
The point of my post was the last line. Whether or not someone is more valuable than another really depends on the criteria in use and the criteria in use generally depends on who is using it and when. I was refuting the claim that
I am suggesting, no stating, that evolutionists do "infer" value from differing levels of education.
by asking who do they consider themselves more valuable to? Obviously if 'evolutionists' mean 'evolutionary biologists' then we might get pragmatic answers such as 'the economy' or 'the university of X' or 'people with disease'. You might get personal answers such 'my family' or 'my husband'.
So yes, many people infer some value in education. There is nothing wrong in doing so - it can even spur people to help spread the general level of education as many scientists (not just biologists/evolution specialists). However, I don't value my fiancée less because she doesn't have a pHD since I don't pay her to work in a research lab.
The underlying direction was straightforward, inferring value in some quality (or lack thereof) does not infer 'superiority' just because the person doing the inferring also happens to have that quality. That could well be the case of course, but it isn't necessarily the case - and so the argument "Evolutionists feel superior." comes crumbling down as a special case. All people are equally vulnerable to feeling superior about having whatever qualities they think they possess that should be valued.
Edited by Modulous, : No reason given.