Category Archives: IQ

Asians And THE BELL CURVE In Fairfax, VA–Diversity Or Meritocracy?

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Luke Ford

Patrick Buchanan writes: A voracious and eclectic reader, President Nixon instructed me to send him every few weeks 10 articles he would not normally see that were on interesting or important issues. In 1971, I sent him an essay from … Continue reading →

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It’s Important To Invest In The Coming Latino Majority

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Luke Ford

The Los Angeles Daily News reports Mar. 31, 2015: While their growth has slowed in recent decades, Latinos will likely be the majority in Los Angeles County by 2020, experts say. And since 2001, more than 60 percent of babies … Continue reading →

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The Atlantic: Haunted by the Past: A Criminal Record Shouldn’t Ruin a Career

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Luke Ford

Why wouldn’t an employer want to know if a potential employee is a criminal? Who’s to say this information is irrelevant? An IQ test is an excellent proxy for likelihood to engage in criminal behavior. Higher IQ people are more … Continue reading →

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Hate Facts

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Luke Ford

LINK: The intelligence scores came from work carried out earlier this decade by Richard Lynn, a British psychologist, and Tatu Vanhanen, a Finnish political scientist, who analysed IQ studies from 113 countries, and from subsequent work by Jelte Wicherts, a … Continue reading →

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Most Adults Can’t Reason Formally

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Luke Ford

Dr. Herman T. Epstein writes: Only one-third of adults can reason formally. That means that two-thirds of the citizens in a democracy cannot understand the more complex issues facing them both in life and in elections. Unless ways can be … Continue reading →

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