Why can we talk about PISA results, comparing the performance of students in school, but we are not allowed to talk about differences in IQ? Bring this subject up, and you are immediately accused of racism. And yet. And yet, if there are substantial differences in intellectual capability, might this not explain some of the world's problems?
An update of a massive "study of studies" is underway; this article summarizes the work to date, and provides links to the work in progress. A quick summary of the answers to the questions no one dares ask:
In the first instance, it doesn't even matter why there are differences. They may be genetic, or disease related, or nutrition related, or something else. If these differences are real (and the evidence is pretty strong that they are), then we need to deal with them. Imagine if the low IQs in Africa turn out to be fixable - what would the impact be, if we could raise the IQ of an entire continent by 30 points?!
Sticking our collective heads in the sand, because the topic is not PC, is not going to solve any problems.
(Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 02 2017, @07:00PM (1 child)
Apparently you don't read history, and trying to play this off as
is pretty terrible. You can have Nazi 2.0 if YOU like, I guess you'll be one of the scientists that says "well, there is something to this data" and next thing you know you're gassing millions of people. Yes that is the end-goal of eugenics, with shades of gray in between depending on the strength of the moral compass.
Don't play this off as some attempt at science, and speaking of veneers of superiority take a look in the mirror. Trying to high road with "I just liked that SN didn't reward it so much" is the stupidest thing I've read today. Nice attempt at being "rational" though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 02 2017, @08:57PM
Different AC. You seem to have thoroughly misread the comment.