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Category Archives: IQ
New York Times: IQ Not Important, Until It Is
NYTIMES.com: “Mr. Hernandez’s lawyer is seeking to have the confessions thrown out, suggesting that his client, who has an I.Q. of about 70 and a history of mental illness, gave a false or coerced confession.” If people with low IQs … Continue reading
Did The Nazis Ban IQ Tests?
Not exactly, but the Nazis did not hold with IQ tests. German Jews scored about ten points higher on average than German non-Jews. According to Wikipedia: Adolf Hitler banned IQ testing for being “Jewish” as did Joseph Stalin for being … Continue reading
The G Factor
In this 1996 speech at the American Renaissance conference, the late psychologist J. Philippe Rushton said: “Christopher Brand is a professor of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He published a book about four months ago called The G … Continue reading
Men Are Smarter Than Women
Richard Lynn notes: For not only is the average man more intelligent than the average woman but also a clear and rather startling imbalance emerges between the sexes at the high levels of intelligence that the most demanding jobs require. … Continue reading
The more female-dominated a college major is, the lower the average IQ of the students studying in the major
Richard Lynn notes that men have higher IQ than women by an average of five points. If you ask teachers who their smartest students are, they will usually say guys, but if you ask them who their best behaved students … Continue reading
Seeking A Win-Win Solution
I often deal with people who are angry about things I’ve written. I notice that when I deal with somebody who has a high IQ, I often get a sense of empathy. He tries to understand where I am coming … Continue reading
Does The US Armed Forces Have Too Many White Officers?
The average black American IQ is 85, so there is a dearth of blacks in all high IQ professions, including the officer corp. The Washington Times reports: U.S. Army sociologists are worried that a lack of black officers leading its … Continue reading
How Bright Are Iranians?
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said about Islam: “Look at the primitive society that is made of one of the most cultured and brightest nations in the world, the Iranians.” The average Iranian IQ is 84. By contrast, … Continue reading
How Race-Based IQ Handicapping Led To A Man’s Execution
Daily Caller: Hernandez’s IQ was low compared to “American norms,” when “scaled to Mexican norms” it should be adjusted upward. When assessed according to his “cultural group”, they argued, his results should be closer to 70, a level just outside … Continue reading
None Dare Call It IQ
From Steve Sailer’s comments section: Steve Sailer writes: Perhaps culture-free tests are kind of like simpler sports like sprinting or weightlifting, while culture-loaded tests (e.g., vocabulary) are like the really popular sports like soccer and baseball that involve a variety … Continue reading
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