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Category Archives: IQ
Steven Pinker: “Replicability Crisis in Psych DOESN’T Apply to IQ: Huge N’s, Replicable Results. But People Hate the Message.”
From Steve Sailer: Steven Pinker’s tweet makes the same point about the Replicability Crisis in psychology that I made recently: IQ research is almost boringly replicable. Pinker’s link directs us to the big International Society for Intelligence Research conference going … Continue reading
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Asians Are Bright But Not Curious
Dr. James Thompson writes: The IQ view of the world is that the citizens of China, Japan and Korea are brighter than citizens of Europe and the other European derived countries that comprise The West. Not only do Orientals, or … Continue reading
You Can’t Close The IQ Gap Between Races
Casey: “I don’t understand the obsession with “the achievement gap.” Wouldn’t it serve everyone best to make sure our smartest students are in accelerated classes with other smart kids so they can eventually build great things? If we insist on … Continue reading
Do You Want To Limit Immigration To The Cognitive Elite?
I want the Jewish state to be as Jewish as possible. I want Jews to be more than 90% of Israel’s citizens. I want them determining their own destiny. I want them running their own politics, culture, religion and media. … Continue reading
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No Evidence of Racial Discrimination in Criminal Justice Processing
Abstract: One of the most consistent findings in the criminological literature is that African American males are arrested, convicted, and incarcerated at rates that far exceed those of any other racial or ethnic group. This racial disparity is frequently interpreted … Continue reading
Tatu Vanhanen RIP
From Wikipedia: Tatu Vanhanen (17 April 1929 – 22 August 2015) was a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Tampere in Tampere, Finland. Vanhanen was a coauthor with Richard Lynn of IQ and the Wealth of Nations … Continue reading
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IQ Isn’t The Whole Story
Chateau Heartiste: There are, for instance, group differences in personality, temperament, proclivity to violence, trustworthiness, and what I’ll call General Interactive Behavioral Socialization (GIBS…medat). That last mouthful is just a fancy way of describing how people socialize and behave when … Continue reading
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The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic
Link: “Conclusions: The finding of common genetic effects between lifespan and intelligence has important implications for public health, and for those interested in the genetics of intelligence, lifespan or inequalities in health outcomes including lifespan.”
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WP: If it becomes possible to safely genetically increase babies’ IQ, it will become inevitable
Eugene Volokh writes: Intelligence is, generally speaking, good, and more is, generally speaking, better. It’s better for the person in question. It’s better for society to have more intelligent people. It’s not the most important thing. But ask yourself: All … Continue reading
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Latinos Are Not Upwardly Mobile
Jason Richwine writes: Many people take for granted that today’s low-skill immigrants will be just like the Irish and Italians of Ellis Island lore, coming to the U.S. as menial laborers but rising to the middle class within a few … Continue reading
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