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The speaker attributes the advantage of Aboriginal people in this comparison to their vast head start, not simply to greater intelligence.

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“The problem isn't that they are dumber than the Aborigines exactly,”
“it's that the Aborigines have a vast head start.”
1:21:10Report a misattribution
0.85how strongly it was put, not whether it is true
0.45importance to the conversation
0.90confidence the claim was read correctly