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What About The Jewish-Gentile Wage Gap?

You never hear about that. You hear about how women supposedly earn 79c on the dollar to what men earn in similar jobs. You hear about how whites out-earn blacks. But you never hear about the Jewish-Gentile wage gap. I … Continue reading

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THE EFFECT OF URBAN FLIGHT ON IQ DISTRIBUTION

From La Griffe du Lion: Baltimore is typical of many Midwestern and Northern cities, whose demographics were forever changed by the great black migration of the twentieth century. Not unexpectedly we found a cognitive discontinuity at the city line. Surprising, … Continue reading

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Eminent Minds

Most days I have the opportunity to talk to someone with an IQ around 180. It is usually the highlight of my day. I rarely get to finish a joke with this guy because he has already seen the punchline. … Continue reading

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We Need To Educate Journalists About Intelligence

James Thompson writes: The Economist is not a reliable guide to human ability. It believes in homo-economicus: all-purpose, equipotential beings without inherent differences, any such adventitious peculiarities to be smoothed away by compensatory education and the amelioration of unfavourable circumstances. … Continue reading

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Why Are Some People Smarter Than Others?

James Thompson writes: Doug is a quiet guy, who has entirely ignored the American habit of self-promotion, but has gently put modern intelligence research on the map. Almost unseen, in 1977 he founded and edited one publication Intelligence from precarious … Continue reading

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