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Scott effectively defended Lynn study on iq here https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-to-stop-worrying-and-learn-to https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-to-stop
by amarcheschi 1y ago
Scott effectively defended Lynn study on iq here https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-to-stop-worrying-and-learn-to https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-to-stop-worrying-and-le...
Citing another blog post that defends it, while conveniently ignoring every other point being made by researchers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_Nations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_Nations
- HDThoreaun 1y ago[flagged]
- tptacek 1y agoThey do not in fact have a point.
- pvg 1y agoWhat is the point that they have?
- HDThoreaun 1y agohttps://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-to-stop-worrying-and-learn-to https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-to-stop-worrying-and-le...
- pvg 1y agoI've seen it. What is the point you think it makes/has?
- HDThoreaun 1y agoIntelligence distributions are not the same among the different racial groups
- pvg 1y agoOh so your idea is we shouldn't criticize scientific racists because they're right? No, we criticize them because they're wrong, the whole thing is made up pseudoscience as window-dressing for bigotry.
- HDThoreaun 1y ago[flagged]
- tptacek 1y agoIt is extremely deniable that intelligence distributions are "not the same across races" (whatever it is we might mean by "races"), and by citing Alexander as your support for that claim, your argument has become circular.