Slate.com on race and IQ

[InTheDark]

I could just tell everyone wants to jump into this issue yet again. I will make no comments in this thread that go beyond the author's presentation of the subject.

William Saletan writes 3 pieces in Slate here, here, and here. I don't read Slate but have heard through secondary sources that they are left of center. If that's true then they should be commended for the evenhanded presentation.

To read all three will require some investment in time but you'll be paid off in the end.

[Phil153]

The third last paragraph of the final article made me smile, and it's a sign of things to come.

I can't wait till all harmful do-gooders get shown up as intellectual frauds.

[qwnu]

One man's response to Saletan: No, Blacks are not Dumber than Whites

[David Sklansky]

This subject might be relevant if there was a significant difference between an IQ of 95 and 115.

[SNOWBALL]

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This subject might be relevant if there was a significant difference between an IQ of 95 and 115.

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[BigPoppa]

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This subject might be relevant if there was an accurate way to measure IQ

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[Fly]

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This subject might be relevant if there was a significant difference between an IQ of 95 and 115.

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Not significant at all really, just double the difference between average Jew and non-Jewish white.

Also, the effect of a mean difference becomes more pronounced as you move away from the mean (in both directions).

[SNOWBALL]

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This subject might be relevant if there was a significant difference between an IQ of 95 and 115.

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Not significant at all really, just double the difference between average Jew and non-Jewish white.

Also, the effect of a mean difference becomes more pronounced as you move away from the mean (in both directions).

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according to this book, average Israeli IQ is below that of many european nations. Is the book inaccurate? Where is your data from?

[yukoncpa]

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according to this book, average Israeli IQ is below that of many european nations. Is the book inaccurate? Where is your data from?



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Perhaps he's getting his information from here: Attempted world-wide compilations by Herrnstein and Murray, authors of The Bell Curve, Richard Lynn and Rushton of average IQ by race generally place Ashkenazi Jews and East Asians at the top

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Although my reasoning for posting here is really not to refute Snowball, but rather to give my self an excuse to compliment him on his location: “Where the citizens kneel for sex.” This is a location that I constantly strive for and I compliment Snowball in his success.

[Fly]

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This subject might be relevant if there was a significant difference between an IQ of 95 and 115.

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Not significant at all really, just double the difference between average Jew and non-Jewish white.

Also, the effect of a mean difference becomes more pronounced as you move away from the mean (in both directions).

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according to this book, average Israeli IQ is below that of many european nations. Is the book inaccurate? Where is your data from?

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I should have specified Ashkenazi Jews. Israel has huge numbers of Arabs and non-Ashkenazi Jews. Most Jews in western countries are Ashkenazi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_intelligence

I generally don't like to cite wiki for this type of stuff but I don't feel like surfing the web to find more reliable stuff, you can do that on your own time if you are interested.