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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 03 2017, @06:01PM (1 child)
I'm tired of this bullshit argument.
Racist person says a bunch of bullshit.
Regular person calls them out.
Racist person claims "but but intolerance towards racists! TOUCHE! GOTCHA!!!"
Regular people think "what a bunch of idiotic racists."
You don't get to pull the persecution card unless you're actually being persecuted. Getting called out for racist ideologies is not persecution. Tolerance and compassion only go so far, unless you're Jesus Christ himself apparently. Real humans will fight back against genocidal and hateful ideas. Don't like it? Too fucking bad, and all the victim zingers do nothing other than show everyone you're entrenched in the stupidity.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Friday November 03 2017, @06:48PM
You start by defining whoever says something you don't like as 'racist.' Which may or may not be true, in one or another sense of the word.
And then you simply rinse and repeat. All that stuff about evidence and logic and understanding each other and preserving the peace? Nah, screw that, that's old. That would legitimize them. Punch a nazi, duuuuude.
This is thuggery wrapping itself in the flag of tolerance. This is how you act if you really want to bring civilization to a screeching halt and return us to the rule of the jungle for awhile. Got a closet full of a Che Guevara shirts and think of yourself as a revolutionary do you?
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