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Category Archives: IQ
Signal To Noise
Gregory Cochran writes: Can you dismiss an argument because the originator is a bad person? Obviously not. But if the originator lies a lot, or simply doesn’t know jack about anything, the probability that the argument is worth anything can … Continue reading
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What Accounts For Jewish Success?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Cochran figures a 12 point IQ gap fits well with the achievement distributions. Maybe the IQ gap is actually only 10 points and other traits account for the other 1/6th of the achievement gap? * … Continue reading
Journalist Elites Are Also Cognitive Elites (Top 1%)
A new study of the cognitive elite, this time relative to the NY Times & Wall St Journal. Is it unseemly for me to say that The Bell Curve absolutely freaking nailed it a quarter of a century ago? I … Continue reading
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If We Accepted HBD…
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Steve once wrote that, if success in life is partly or mostly due to intelligence, and intelligence dependent on genes, then there is very little an individual can do to change those facts. A society … Continue reading
Should We Live By Noble Lies?
My bias is that it is better to live by truth, particularly in public discussions (more important there than in private matters). A goy says: I was realizing that I do have a significant hang-up about the race & IQ … Continue reading
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The Explanatory Power Of IQ
Larry says: “Either intelligence explains stuff and black poverty is natural and Jewish overrepresentation is natural, or else black poverty is a problem and Jewish overrepresentation is a problem.” You’re talking about social facts in purely abstract terms and omitting … Continue reading
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The High IQ of Abraham’s Children
An interview with John Entine: What are the most important findings from your book? Abraham’s Children is a sequel of sorts to a previous book, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It. Both … Continue reading
Toby Young On Race, IQ & Genetic Determinism
According to Wikipedia: In 2015, Young wrote an article for the Australian magazine Quadrant entitled “The fall of meritocracy”. In it he advocated what he termed “progressive eugenics”. Young proposed that when the technology for genetically engineered intelligence is practical … Continue reading
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Who’s The Leading Black Classical Music Composer?
Richard Lynn writes in his book Race Differences in Intelligence: An Evolutionary Analysis: * The low musical abilities of Africans, except for their strong sense of rhythm, are consistent with their generally poor achievements in classical music. There are no … Continue reading
Black Genius
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Once you know the mean IQ and standard deviation of a population and the # of members in each group, it’s a trivial mathematical exercise to determine the number that will exceed a certain threshold. … Continue reading
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