bogodynamics

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   by bogodynamics 12y ago

   I would say that most things are in no way incompatible with racism or white supremacism -- but that finding (and publicising) an Asian IQ advantage is incompatible (at least, for a white racist). But then my concept of racism might be d
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   by bogodynamics 12y ago

   I have a few objections, but for now I'll focus on what I take to be the underlying issue that we disagree on. > It doesn't change the basic purpose of the endeavor, which is to purport to rank the peoples of the world by intel
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   by bogodynamics 12y ago

   > the genetic inferiority of non-white people The first sentence in paragraph three of his Wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lynn ) states that an experiment he conducted in the 1970s revealed Nort
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   by bogodynamics 12y ago

   Paragraph 3 of his Wikipedia page reveals that he considers North-East Asians to be about 6 IQ points more intelligent than Europeans, based on a study he performed in the 1970s. So he would appear not to be as uncomplicated a racist as the
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   by bogodynamics 12y ago

   That's true, but it's properly an argument against all peer-reviewed scientific works. I would like to see more awareness of the increased skepticism that attaches to scientific work whose conclusions we find morally repugnant.