Flynn Effect DOES Apply To South Korea

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on February 18, 2013 .1 Comment

Regular readers of this blog may remember my comments regarding Ron Unz’s theory that East Asians have high IQ’s independent of time/nutrition/urbanization whatever it is that causes the Flynn Effect. Here is his original article on his theory of the “East Asian Exception” and my two responses are here and here. Anyway a new paper […]

The Evolution Of Chinese IQ

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on August 17, 2012 .62 Comments

In the discussion at the previous post, in which I took exception to Ron Unz’s theory of the East Asian Exception, he alerted me to so additional work on the matter he’d done as a Harvard freshman on Chinese IQ. You can read his summary of Social Darwinism and Rural China as well as Steve Sailer’s commentary on […]

Disagree With Ron Unz’s Conclusions On Chinese IQ

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on August 17, 2012 .35 Comments

He writes: These scores are indeed truly remarkable, and completely confirm the apparent pattern of Lynn’s IQ samples, in which desperately poor East Asians tend to score at or above the levels of the most successful and well-educated Western populations… But since the total population is at least well into the hundreds of millions, heavily rural […]

Did Ron Unz Score An Own Goal Too?

This about HBD, tagged , , , , was written by for on July 28, 2012 .38 Comments

In recent days Ron Unz’s article Race, IQ, and Wealth (The American Conservative) has been making the rounds in the HBDsphere. Broadly speaking it argues for the predominance of cultural and environmental factors as opposed to genetic in forming IQ. It is fairly long but it’s also one of the best statements of that position out there, […]

IQ and Industrialism

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on June 26, 2010 .25 Comments

My recent post on demographic myths unleashed a lively discussion on the issue of race and IQ in the comments section. I’m not too interested in wading into it: not out of any misplaced respect for political correctness, of course, but simply because though I think there are good arguments for both sides, it misses […]