Category Archives: IQ

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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Car Crash Rates Equal Average IQ Levels

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Anatoly Karlin: National Wealth and IQ at the Edge: American Exceptionalism, East Asian Mediocrity

Anatoly Karlin writes: Japan has a 5-7 IQ advantage over, say, Italy, but its GDP per capita (PPP) is similar, while its productivity is significantly lower – even though Japan rates higher on ease of business and perception of corruption … Continue reading

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