Category Archives: IQ

At Our Wits’ End: Why We’re Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Luke Ford

Here are some excerpts from this new book: …intelligence is a vital predictor of life outcomes, correlating with school results at 0.7, university performance at 0.5, and postgraduate performance at 0.4. It correlates with salary at 0.3 and is an … Continue reading →

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How to Judge People by What They Look Like

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Luke Ford

Edward emails: “I’ve done a book called “How to Judge People By What They Look Like’ which brings together the mass of evidence for the accuracy of physiognomy which mostly passed under the radar for fear of offending PC. My … Continue reading →

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Loses It

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Luke Ford

Racial nostalgia is one hell of a drug https://t.co/7tmxYTie5v โ€” Kevin Michael Grace๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชโšœ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด (@KMGVictoria) January 11, 2019 IQ is far from the only issue when it comes to immigration and cultural compatibility. Many Chinese, for instance, have a high IQ, … Continue reading →

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Megan McCardle in WP: Who should decide what topics are off-limits?

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Luke Ford

Steve Sailer writes: McArdle: You Should be Allowed to Ask if It’s OK to Ask if Race Influences IQ, But Not to Ask if Race Influences IQ …Okay, but should arguments based on the assumption that there cannot be empirical … Continue reading →

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How Stifling Debate Around Race, Genes and IQ Can Do Harm

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Luke Ford

Noah Carl writes in Evolutionary Psychological Science: “It is often asserted that, when it comes to taboo topics like race, genes and IQ, scholars should be held to higher evidentiary standards or even censored entirely because of the harm that … Continue reading →

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