Category Archives: IQ

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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Highlights Of Jason Richwine’s Harvard PhD Thesis On IQ & Immigration

Read the whole thesis here.

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