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Category Archives: IQ
11 Uncomfortable Facts About How IQ Affects Your Life
Report: * IQ is strongly correlated to educational, professional, economic and social success or failure. * People in the 75 to 90 range are 88 times likelier to drop out of high school, seven times more likely to go to … Continue reading
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The Average Palestinian IQ Is The Same As The Average African-American IQ – 85
Report: “Let’s compare them to other Arab states. Egypt is 83. Lebanon is 86. Morocco is 85. Iraq is 87. Qatar is 78. That seems to be the Arab range: 78-87. I haven’t seen any Arab countries score in the … Continue reading
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Are Values Independent Of Genetics?
Everywhere in the world in about 40 life outcomes, Orientals (North-East Asians such as the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans) earn more per hour than any other racial groups, have higher credit scores, higher academic achievement, higher IQ, and lower rates … Continue reading
Why Do People Call The Conflict In The Middle East ‘Madness’?
I notice a UN officer calling the Israel vs Hamas conflict “madness,” but there’s nothing remotely “mad” about the fighting in the Middle East. If there was no killing in the Middle East, the Jewish state of Israel would increasingly … Continue reading
Washington Post: Stop blaming black parents for underachieving kids
Black educator Andre M. Perry writes: Mayors, teachers unions, and news commentators have boiled down the academic achievement gap between white and black students to one root cause: parents. Even black leaders and barbershop chatter target “lazy parents” for academic … Continue reading
The Courtesy Of The Japanese
Japan has about the highest average IQ of any nation (105) and its citizens tend to be much more courteous than the citizens of countries with low average IQs. Courtesy correlates with IQ. Americans with higher IQ tend to be … Continue reading
The Connection Between National IQ, Prosperity & Freedom
Two psychologists write: Traditional economic theories stress the relevance of political, institutional, geographic, and historical factors for economic growth. In contrast, human-capital theories suggest that peoples’ competences, mediated by technological progress, are the deciding factor in a nation’s wealth. Using … Continue reading
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NYT: U.S. Officials Question Ability of Nigeria to Rescue Hostages
So what is the average Nigerian IQ? It’s 67, so of course they’re not competent. The average African IQ is 70. That’s why the continent is a disaster. As America imports more people from Africa and other disaster zones such … Continue reading
The Perils of Diversity: Immigration and Human Nature by Byron M. Roth
Steve Sailer writes: I’ve written about immigration roughly every couple of weeks for eleven years now. So I’m constantly confronted by the fear that, after a half million or so words, there can’t possibly be anything left to say. But … Continue reading
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Do morality and conscience require the ability for abstract thought (ie, an IQ north of 90)?
The higher the IQ, for instance, the more clearly a person can recall the past and see into the future, to use the subjunctive (if everyone does what I am about to do, the world will be a better or … Continue reading
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