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The fact that the "IQ crowd" often falls back to racial arguments like this (based on shoddy statistics) shows why people should be deeply suspicious of their m
by concinds 7y ago
The fact that the "IQ crowd" often falls back to racial arguments like this (based on shoddy statistics) shows why people should be deeply suspicious of their motives.
"We need to openly talk about race differences in IQ, lest the neo-nazis appropriate it and use it as recruitment propaganda" is a very common refrain, and pretty transparent in its intentions, as it itself acts as recruitment propaganda.
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1116342266195476481 https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1116342266195476481 <- this Twitter thread addresses the country-IQ argument effectively, and I haven't seen it properly refuted so far.
- mcguire 7y agoIf one ever finds oneself in the position of invoking a book with the title, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, in support of one's arguments, one may wish to reconsider how one is living one's life.
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe same could be said for (literally!) judging a book by its cover.