Henry V .009's Journal: IQ truth gets -1'ed

To update my last entry, a good discussion was started by the post, but it got driven down to -1 one pretty quickly. As usual, the IQ deniers had no actual support for any of their positions. I've argued with both IQ-deniers and creationists, and I have to say that the creationists come off as more reasonable. Every once and a while they'll try to support what they say with some small piece of evidence rather than wishful thinking.

Meh.

[jericho4.0]

Well, you knew it would get modded to hell. I actually though the final moderation was ok... It got bumped up (and down) several times...

IQ deniers are not nearly as dumb as creationists, but when the subject comes up, you're attacking something they really, really want to believe in. I was pissed off about it too...

Do you have any thoughts on what policy (education, A-Action, foreign aid) would make sense with these facts? How do we deal with reality without doing wrong?

I you're interested gene expressi [gnxp.com]

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[Henry V .009]

I'm one of the sometimes contributors to GNXP. —Thrasymachus.

One of my friends, Greg Cochran, claims that test score results, when adjusted for student IQ, show that schools are all pretty much the same beyond some base point. "A roof and some books" is how he puts it. I disagree with him; I think that there are ways to improve education. The first thing to do is concentrate on results-based education. And you have to control for IQ when interpreting those results. Chris Brand has some interes

Re:Meh.

[jericho4.0]

Hi Thrasymachus. Huh, this internet thing isn't as big as I thought, I've been noting your name for a while. I must say, gnxp has been one of the most educational and thought provoking sites on the web for me. The sig/noise ratio is impressive.

I read Gregs "Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence", and know his thoughts on the "Gay disease" idea, also. Interesting stuff, to say the least.

Re:Meh.

[idontneedanickname]

Just out of curiousity, have you read the essays Greg Cochran has written that're here [jerrypournelle.com] and here [jerrypournelle.com]? (And the replies to his writting).

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[Henry V .009]

Sure have.