Sure, no test is perfect, just like a handful of high BMI people are really body builders. But the correlation between IQ scores, other standardized test scores

Sure, no test is perfect, just like a handful of high BMI people are really body builders. But the correlation between IQ scores, other standardized test scores, career/education achievement, and general life outcomes is very strong. Many IQ tests are culture-free where the subject manipulates abstract shapes. If the tests were developed by biased racists, why do Chinese kids who hardly speak a word of English perform better than white Americans? I think the recent rise in online fascism and racism is because activists force normal people to deny the reality they see and live every day. Otherwise they're shouted down as racist, white supremacist, misogynist, have their jobs threatened by online mobs, and so on. Like Captain Picard defiantly insisting there are four lights, they seek places where they can speak their truth. When everyone who speaks against blank slateism, cultural relativism, and white privilege gets shouted down, these places only exist underground, in unmoderated spaces. They're quite seductive and even reasonable at first: Men and women are a little different; Unlimited unskilled immigration can hurt a country; Cultures that engage in female genital mutilation are bad; Nuclear families produce better outcomes for children; Being overweight is unhealthy and unattractive; It's not a problem if Google has a lot of Asian men working there. "Wow, I've finally found a place where people aren't lying to my face all day" they think. But since they're unmoderated, things quickly take a more sinister turn: [Race or religion] is responsible for all our problems; Gays are degenerate; All women are whores; Build the wall; Naziism gives your life meaning; Violence is the answer. I think if we let up a bit on the over-moderation, online mobbing, calling people racists thing, most sane people would never seek those spaces to begin with.