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Category Archives: IQ
The Genius Myth: The Dangerous Allure of Rebels, Monsters and Rule-Breakers
Philosophers Daniel Kodsi and John Maier write: The greatest mathematicians, scientists, and writers in history have been unusually smart and creative people. But do great intellectual achievements depend on unusual mental abilities alone? For instance, would Jane Austen still have … Continue reading
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The Camouflage Imperative
Biosocial scientists and anyone who takes the heritable, evolutionary component of human behavior seriously are operating in an environment engineered for asymmetric punishment under uncertain evidence. Modern elite institutions, especially academia but also large segments of media, foundations, NGOs, and … Continue reading
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The Cofnas Affair and the Logic of Coalition Enforcement
The controversy surrounding philosopher Nathan Cofnas (his Substack, X) has now followed him across two countries, five petitions, and nearly a decade of escalating institutional pressure. At Cambridge, students marched through campus chanting for his removal and posted flyers with … Continue reading
Posted in Alliance Theory, Amy Wax, Blacks, IQ, Nathan Cofnas
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The One Who Sees
What are the most valuable revelations that the gifted ones see that most of us miss? They see incentives, not speeches. They notice what people are rewarded for and punished for, then predict behavior from that. This explains outcomes far … Continue reading
Why Do Elites Want To Restrict Speech?
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory says this is exactly what you should expect. Elites sit at the center of high-status coordination networks. Their power depends on shared narratives, moral framings, and reputation systems staying stable. Speech that destabilizes those narratives threatens … Continue reading
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Stephen Turner On The Bell Curve
In his 2013 book The Politics of Expertise, Stephen Turner wrote: Research on the genetic background of criminals has been denounced as “racist” and government agencies have been intimidated into withdrawing support. Studies of race and intelligence, similarly, have been … Continue reading
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What Is Life Like For Different IQ Groups?
What are the areas of main concern for people with an average IQ of 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150? Tell me about the challenges and joys and obsessions and leading causes of death for these different … Continue reading
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Noticing: An Essential Reader (1973-2023)
I ask Grok to critique this 2024 book by Steve Sailer: Steve Sailer’s Noticing: An Essential Reader (1973-2023) (published in 2024 by Passage Publishing) is a sprawling anthology of essays spanning five decades of the author’s career as a journalist, … Continue reading
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The New York Times Displays Contradictory Attitudes Towards IQ
When IQ scores advance the New York Ties left-wing agenda, it promotes the value of IQ scores. When IQ scores undercut the New York Times agenda, it casts doubt on the validity of IQ scores. If you optimize for truth, … Continue reading
From Terman to Today: A Century of Findings on Intellectual Precocity
Abstract from this 2016 paper: “One hundred years of research (1916–2016) on intellectually precocious youth is reviewed, painting a portrait of an extraordinary source of human capital and the kinds of learning opportunities needed to facilitate exceptional accomplishments, life satisfaction, … Continue reading
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