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Category Archives: IQ
A night of violence that shattered a South African’s view of her white privilege
Pathological altruism. Sad. South African blacks have an average IQ of about 70 while South African whites have an average IQ of about 100. Descriptions of the I.Q. ranges Lower than 20 — Profound retardation Usually multi-handicapped with obvious physical … Continue reading
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Intelligence & The Class Room
Linda Gottfredson writes: As James A. Kulik of the University of Michigan reported in the Handbook of Gifted Education (2003), “On the basis of site visits, experts have concluded that untracking brings no guarantee of high-quality instruction for everyone but … Continue reading
Interventions may temporarily raise kids’ IQs, but there is fadeout over time
From the University of California at Santa Barbara: The winner of a decades-old debate about what scientists call the fadeout effect — one of the most persistent research mysteries in intelligence and psychological development — may finally have been decided. … Continue reading
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Regional differences in intelligence and economic activity
Highlights: • The intelligence of the residents of the states was associated with economic indices of the states. • States whose residents had higher IQ had stronger economies and higher economic growth. • States whose residents had higher IQ had … Continue reading
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Racial and ethnic differences in psychopathic personality
By Richard Lynn in 2012: Abstract: This paper proposes that there are racial and ethnic differences in psychopathic personality conceptualised as a continuously distributed trait, such that high values of the trait are present in blacks and Native Americans, intermediate … Continue reading
Gregory Cochran Reviews New Book On Iq – ‘Hive Mind’
Dr. Cochran writes: Garrett Jones has a new book out: Hive Mind. He argues that “while individual IQ scores predict our independent success moderately well, a country’s average score is a remarkable bellwether of its general prosperity.” Makes sense. I … Continue reading
Jews & IQ
Comments to Anatoly Karlin: * “One could speculate of some self interested motives for that anti-genetic IQ mind-set, such as supply and demand.” An obvious example of this would be Jewish elites, who are a very high IQ elite that … Continue reading
Correlation Between Average IQ & GNP
Anatoly Karlin writes: There is a wealth of evidence implying an exponential relationship between average IQ and income and wealth in the United States. Click to enlarge. There is likewise a wealth of evidence – from Lynn, Rindermann, La Griffe … Continue reading
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What Makes For National Prosperity?
Jayman writes: Here’s some of the factors that don’t matter: Size (see Japan [large], Finland [small], and any number of small dysfunctional countries) Diversity *per se* (e.g. Switzerland [diverse], Albania [homogenous], China [homogenous]) Resources (e.g. Arab oil states [resource rich], … Continue reading
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How Smart Are The Sephardim?
Average IQ estimates for Ashkenazi Jews range from 105 to 120. Average Sephardi IQs are about 97 and Mizrahi Jews average 92. The average white IQ is 100, East Asian IQ is 105, Hispanic-American IQ is 90, and African-American IQ … Continue reading