Category Archives: IQ

How Do You Raise Your National IQ?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Luke Ford

Anatoly Karlin writes: There are several ways to influence national mean IQ levels. One is to improve nutrition and education, but vitally important though they are, they suffer from diminishing returns as populations bump up against their genetic ceilings. Another … Continue reading →

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Life Is An IQ Test

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Luke Ford

The dumb die young. REPORT: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother’s purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said. According to investigators, … Continue reading →

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Africa, Asia Have Enormous Room For Improvement, Latin America Not So Much

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Luke Ford

Latinos (average IQ of 90 in America) are already performing as well as can be expected given their human capital. We should not expect them to do much better than they already do in the United States. They will be … Continue reading →

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WP: Why don’t black middle-class families enjoy the same level of economic security as their white counterparts?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Luke Ford

The average black IQ in the United States is 85. That’s the highest average black IQ in the world because American blacks, on average, are 25% white. The average latino IQ in the US is 89, the average white IQ … Continue reading →

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Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Luke Ford

From Nature.com, the latest research on genes and IQ: Intelligence is a core construct in differential psychology and behavioural genetics, and should be so in cognitive neuroscience. It is one of the best predictors of important life outcomes such as … Continue reading →

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