It has become a common refrain among pundits on both the ‘left’ and the ‘right’ to lament that America is in a state of ‘dumbing down’, with examples of pop culture (Keeping up With the Kardashians, MTV, etc) and education (political correctness in curriculum, SJWs on campus, etc) as evidence of America’s alleged intellectual decline.… Continue reading Is America Really ‘Dumbing Down’?
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Does the Nation Make the Genius?
From Social Matter (Identity And Civilization: Why Humanity Depends On Ethnoculture): … nationalism becomes an enemy of civilization when it believes that Shakespeare is great because he was English, rather than that England is great because it produced Shakespeare. But the HBD argument is that genes produce geniuses, not nations. Maybe it so happen that… Continue reading Does the Nation Make the Genius?
In Defense of Smart People
It may be fashionable in certain circles to hate on smart people, who are perhaps perceived as being too enamored or ensconced in their thoughts and machinations to care about society and the world around them, perhaps appearing aloof, conceited, or disconnected. Maybe the economy is to blame, too, in bestowing too much prosperity upon… Continue reading In Defense of Smart People
Fredrick Brennan on Eugenics
Hotwheels: Why I Support Eugenics Fredrick Brennan aka ‘hotwheels’, the creator of the popular imageboard 8chan and who is severely disabled due to brittle bone disease, uses himself as an example for why eugenics is a good idea for lowering healthcare costs and minimizing human suffering: As a society, most of us seem to agree… Continue reading Fredrick Brennan on Eugenics
Consider Contraception
From iSteve: The Economist: Free Contraception for Africa Would be a Great Investment This an example how HBD-based policy can help curb social problems, be it entitlement spending, overpopulation of at-risk groups, or crime. Republicans need to get over this belief that every unborn life is sacred or is worth saving and instead consider HBD-based… Continue reading Consider Contraception
On Not Letting Cognitive Capital Go To Waste
Using IQ tests to identify gifted students – because poor kids should get a good education, even if they're smart https://t.co/TXw4IouWms — SteveStewartWilliams (@SteveStuWill) November 29, 2015 America’s cognitive capital may be it’s important resource, and it should not be squandered, which is why we need more funding for gifted education. Or as some call… Continue reading On Not Letting Cognitive Capital Go To Waste
Abortion & Healthcare Policy
From Evolutionist-X” In Defense of Planned Parenthood On numerous occasions, this blog has argued that Republicans could support abortion as a way of reducing entitlement spending and crime, which I discuss further here. The usual rebuttal is that this is the policy of Margaret Sanger and other liberals. Maybe fifty years ago, but nowadays if… Continue reading Abortion & Healthcare Policy
Thomas Sowell on The Bell Curve
In his book Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Sowell blames ‘redneck’ culture for black dysfunction, arguing that white culture made blacks dysfunctional: What the [white] rednecks or crackers brought with them across the ocean was a whole constellation of attitudes, values, and behavior patterns that might have made sense in the world in which they… Continue reading Thomas Sowell on The Bell Curve
Black-White IQ Gap Debate
In theoretical physics, there is a big debate over ‘mass gap’; in the world of HBD, the debate is over ‘IQ gap’, on Unz over blogger Chanda Chisala’s two articles which refute Africans have a lower IQ than whites: The IQ Gap is no Longer a Black and White Issue Closing the Black-White IQ Gap… Continue reading Black-White IQ Gap Debate
2060 IQ Projections
Interesting new study: Future Cognitive Ability: US IQ Prediction until 2060 Based on NAEP From the abstract: …US Census Bureau, cognitive trends until 2060 for the entire age cohort and ethnic groups were estimated. Estimated population averages for 2060 are 103 (optimistic) or 102 (pessimistic). The average rise per decade is dec = 0.76 or… Continue reading 2060 IQ Projections