Category Archives: IQ

The Evolution of One Person’s Views on Racial Differences in Intelligence

By Lawrence Auster February 1995 With the publication of The Bell Curve, we see the fascinating phenomenon of mainstream journalists and intellectuals wrestling, most of them for the first time, with the uncomfortable facts about race differences in intelligence. While … Continue reading

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Dysgenics And The Declining Quality Of Student Writing

A college professor writes on FB: “I have now taught at both the university graduate and undergraduate levels for five years. The quality of student writing has never been worse. If I were a university president, I would require every … Continue reading

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Whites die sooner than Asians. How many votes has this cost Republicans?

Washington Post: Blacks die sooner than whites. How many votes has this cost Democrats? Research has shown that blacks are not dying in excess because of differences in genetic endowment or health behavior. Instead, health disparities reflect racial and class … Continue reading

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Why Are Some People Smart?

From Wired: “You cannot ask a kid with low IQ to just work hard and then become a really talented mathematician,” he says. “It’s impossible.” And yet, Zhao says, that’s what is currently expected in China. He wants to stop … Continue reading

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WP: New brain science shows poor kids have smaller brains than affluent kids

WP: “People who have less ability and marry people with less ability have children who, on balance, on average, have less ability,” he said. Thompson noted that there is a genetic component to intelligence that Noble and Sowell failed to … Continue reading

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