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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:
- Eastern Asia (Japan, China): IQ around 105
- Europe/North America: IQ around 98
- Middle East: IQ around 85
- Africa: IQ around 70
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: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Thursday November 02 2017, @08:56PM (2 children)
IQ tests do tell us something, they tell us who the racists are. Now we know, with verifiable repeatable factual data, that bradley11 is in fact a racist. It was only suspected before, but now we know. And now that we know, I would suggest we think twice before putting racist shit on the front page. Soylent lives matter! We do not want people thinking this site is a hive of scum and villainy, infested with racists and Buzzards.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 02 2017, @09:19PM
We may not want that but good luck preventing people from forming that opinion. Source: this article's commentary.
(Score: 4, Touché) by turgid on Thursday November 02 2017, @10:33PM
Society is holding a mirror up to itself and it isn't pretty. Unfortunately, the majority can't see through the thick makeup yet.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].