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What would you consider reliable evidence? I'd say the Bay Area GDP and tax base alone would point that way.

• nradov 10y ago
  Reliable evidence would be a large scale, double blind clinical study establishing statistically significant correlations between particular genes and high scores on multiple standardized intelligence tests, followed by a finding that those genes are significantly more common in the Bay Area than in other regions. Without something like that you can't legitimately make any claims about heritable intelligence. There are many alternative hypotheses which could potentially explain the GDP per capita differential.
  • Danihan 10y ago
    Sure, you're correct. But you'll have to excuse me if I don't wait decades for data like this to build a worldview.
    • nradov 10y ago
      It would be a shame if you build a worldview based on narrow geographic prejudice not backed by any hard evidence. I think we can do better.