This story is going hugely viral: In ‘Enormous Success,’ Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence This comment stood out: Ive known people who were related to certain very famous physicists and their intelligence was obviously much higher than most people. As in very conspicuous. There is no doubt thay intelligence is purely genetic. The… Continue reading The Inescapable Pull of Biology
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Another low-IQ country bites the dust
This is pretty funny: Brazil’s real plunges on Temer bribery claims Bovespa joins Brazilian market rout, plunges 10% at open The Brazil ETF, EZW, lost 15% of its value in just a single day, far worse than even the worst day of the S&P 500 in 2008 during the financial crisis. The ‘idiocracy’ and or… Continue reading Another low-IQ country bites the dust
Donald Trump’s IQ is 115
According to Peterson, Trump’s IQ is ‘well-above average’. That can mean it’s as low as 115, or as high as 160. But because he dismisses the latter possibility, it’s probably somewhere closer to 1-2 SD above average (115-130). There are problems when trying to estimate Trump’s IQ: first, it’s hard to know how smart Trump… Continue reading Donald Trump’s IQ is 115
Jordan Peterson – Controversial Facts about IQ: analysis
Another Jordan Peterson IQ video: IQ–which is innate, a strong predictor of socioeconomic success, and constant throughout life–is incompatible with the left’s vision of egalitarianism. Because IQ is so impervious to environment, much of the left’s costly efforts to boost achivement are futile. When the left says they want to boost academic achivement among under-performing… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – Controversial Facts about IQ: analysis
Biology, especially as it pertains to IQ, is still the ‘third rail’ of the social sciences.
Changed the theme…The old theme was too cluttered and looked too antiquated. All the navigation, archives, and pages have been pushed to the footer. Split testing revealed that the big banner magazine-style theme did better. This article is going viral: Americans Are Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off Moving up the economic ladder relies… Continue reading Biology, especially as it pertains to IQ, is still the ‘third rail’ of the social sciences.
IQ: More Than a Number, Part 3
Part 1 and part 2 Excellent post at the Slate Star Codex Reddit sub: Since HBD, intelligence, and heritability are such hot issues these days, I think it is worth analyzing why people are so fixated on IQ and heritability. The reason is actually incredibly obvious so I’ll just go ahead and say it, because… Continue reading IQ: More Than a Number, Part 3
Implementation of HBD-based Policy
From Gwern on a Hacker News comment thread: I always regarded myself as being a left libertarian sort of type. My reaction to learning about individual differences being so profoundly driven by genetics – never mind racial differences – was simple: research and subsidize genetic engineering. For everyone. To the point of being free. Level… Continue reading Implementation of HBD-based Policy
Upward Mobility Linked to Genes
Another nail in the coffin for the blank-slate left: From psychologicalscience.org: Is Success in Our Genes?: When Belsky and colleagues analyzed measures of genetic variation and educational attainment, they found a link: A high polygenic score—an aggregate measure of variation across a person’s genome—predicted not only educational attainment, but other forms of success as well.… Continue reading Upward Mobility Linked to Genes
Malcolm Gladwell Continues to Lose Credibility
The backlash against the 10,000-hours myth/rule keeps growing: The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth It’s not surprising why Malcolm Gladwell keeps a low profile these days…his reputation is in tatters, his book Outliers revealed as a travesty of fabrication and fiction that it calls into doubt the veracity of everything else… Continue reading Malcolm Gladwell Continues to Lose Credibility
Why it seems like many high-IQ people ‘underachieve’
As if their earlier article How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent In Math wasn’t bad enough, Nauseo.us magazine keeps raising the bar in demonstrating stupidity about all matters pertaining to IQ and intelligence, in their latest article If You Think You’re a Genius, You’re Crazy. We need to raise awareness about Nauseo.us magazine… Continue reading Why it seems like many high-IQ people ‘underachieve’