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>"The whole "half of people dumber than the median" doesn't really bother me as much as it does other people, especially since IQ often isn't what I care about
by zo1 9y ago
>"The whole "half of people dumber than the median" doesn't really bother me as much as it does other people, especially since IQ often isn't what I care about when evaluating a person."
It should, because criminal behavior is correlated with IQ:
http://law.jrank.org/pages/1365/Intelligence-Crime-Explaining-IQ-crime-correlation.html http://law.jrank.org/pages/1365/Intelligence-Crime-Explainin...
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoThat might be due to some some high IQ folk deciding it was more profitable for them to delay removing lead from paint and gasoline. The brain damage they caused with lead not only lowers IQ but increases compulsiveness and correlates with crime when the exposed child reaches the peak years for criminal behaviour. The question then arises whether the criminality is the fault of the poisoner or the poisoned.