rec1man On Indian IQ

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on August 18, 2012 .64 Comments

My post on Indian IQ (max potential is low to mid 90’s) spawned an interesting analysis by commentator rec1man. It is not very well organized but he does have a ton of useful information that deserves to be highlighted. It’s reprinted in full below interspersed with occasional commentary by myself: Caste Analysis 75% of the Indian population gets […]

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 […]

Quantifying Future Time Orientation

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on August 15, 2012 .41 Comments

In a 2010 paper on time preferences*, the authors Mei Wang et al. conducted an experiment in which participants could choose either $3400 now or $3800 a month later. Now I would choose the latter option but maybe it’s just because I’m intelligent and have been living in the West for quite a while. In […]

The Puzzle Of Indian IQ: A Country Of Gypsies And Jews

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on August 14, 2012 .98 Comments

The question of Indian IQ is a big puzzle. Far trickier than China’s IQ which I think I’ve basically figured out (101-102 today; 106-108 genetic ceiling). The PISA-adjusted IQ of India – as extrapolated from the states of Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh, which are relatively rich and are reputed to have good school systems by Indian […]

Analysis Of China’s PISA 2009 Results

This about HBD, tagged , , was written by for on August 13, 2012 .31 Comments

As human capital is so important for prosperity, it behoves us to know China’s in detail to assess whether it will continue converging on developed countries. Until recently the best data we had were disparate IQ tests (on the basis of which Richard Lynn’s latest estimate is an IQ of 105.8 in his 2012 book […]

Hamburgers And Rednecks: IQ Estimates Of US Ethnic Groups

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on July 31, 2012 .34 Comments

Via The Audacious Epigone: IQ scores by US ethnic groups. It is not very useful I think in theoretical or practical applications but it is interesting as a showcase of why IQ is more than just genetic inheritance, incorporating also Flynn, sampling issues, sense of popular identity, selection bias, etc. Wordsum is basically a vocab test of […]

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, […]

On Defending The Soviet Union

This about Economy, tagged , , , , , , , was written by for on July 12, 2012 .196 Comments

Contrary to what some might try to take from my post on the longterm failure of the Soviet economy, I am not an anti-Soviet ideologue. I loathe lies about its achievements and the blanket condemnations directed its way by moralistic poseurs every bit as much or more than I detest reality-challenged attempts to paint it […]

Berlin Gets Bad News From PISA

This about HBD, tagged , , was written by for on May 22, 2012 .38 Comments

There are several ways to influence national mean IQ levels. One is to improve nutrition and education, but vitally important though they are, they suffer from diminishing returns as populations bump up against their genetic ceilings. Another is to promote eugenic policies, or at least policies to mitigate the dysgenic trends that are typical of […]

Through A Glass Ceiling Darkly: Racial IQ Disparities And The Wealth Of Nations

This about HBD, tagged , , , was written by for on April 16, 2012 .96 Comments

Now that I’m done with the Necessary Caveats, it’s time we had a look at why exactly HBD/IQ theories are both valid, and relevant to the real world. As I see it, their main import (as interpreted by me) can be distilled into a few logically consecutive, falsifiable statements: IQ tests are a valid, culturally […]

World Pisa Results 2009

This about HBD, tagged , was written by for on April 10, 2012 .5 Comments

Today I discovered this really nifty tool, Target Map. It allows you to generate color-coded global and national maps just by uploading an Excel database. In what will probably surprise no-one who follows my interests, my first map illustrates average PISA scores for Math, Reading, and Science for the 65 regions in the original 2009 […]