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Nobody seems to want to touch this with a ten-foot pole...

• malandrew 11y ago
  It's unfortunate how great analysis is ignored because it's politically inconvenient.
  • germinalphrase 11y ago
    There's a great deal of fear that linking academic success with genetics will embolden discrimination in society. It's much easier to 'cut your losses' and overtly under-educate a certain group of people if you can legitimize that 'they won't excel anyway'.
    • oli5679 11y ago
      That's true, some of the most disgusting behaviour in history has used social darwinism as a justification for oppression. I guess I'm torn between an interest in and fear of the topic. I'm surprised that such compelling evidence is ignored in public discourse, however it could be that this is a good thing?
• paulddraper 11y ago
  Dang it... Fat fingered and downvoted. Buttons so close together on mobile. Aghhh. But I couldn't agree with you more. People only look for certain results. And surprise, we have only those kinds reported. You won't see a result showing males have naturally better mathematical (or programming) skills on average then females. I have no idea if that is true or reversed or what. But no one will study it, so we'll never know. It's as if we're scared of discovering that there could be any real differences between people, because it will cause society to crash and burn. People are people regardless of their intelligence or income or athleticism. If we realized that, we could discover more about mankind.