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Steve Sailer's avatar

Thanks. Most impressive.

I'm wondering if your finding that the MRI model for predicting IQ is better across races than within races because it's figuring out how to predict race from the MRI isn't evidence for a bit of social constructionist Nurture Effect. E.g., if you look at just the structure of the brain within each racial group, the model would predict this kid's IQ would be 85. But when the model looks across races and hence it figures out this kid is likely black, then it lowers his prediction to 80. Or whatever.

It's kind of like if you were making an AI model to find the best basketball player based on physical traits and you find a black kid with fairly white physical traits (e.g., arms aren't that long, torso is long relative to legs, can't jump that high), but then it turns out that if you let the model know the kid is black, then it raises its prediction, perhaps because there are other physical advantages blacks have at basketball that the model doesn't know about. Or perhaps because African-Americans tend to have more experience playing basketball because they don't waste their time growing up playing baseball or golf or tennis or swimming. They love basketball. So, contemporary African-Americans tend to be smart about basketball due to their huge time investment in the game.

Conversely, if the IQ model figures out the kid is black, well, he's probably playing more basketball than reading books and doing other things that might have a modest positive effect on IQ.

What do you think?

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Tess's avatar

This explains crime rates, and who to hire and not hire.

It also shows the obvious, hard living results in higher intelligence, and easy living is very easy for anyone.

When food is everywhere as in warmer climates, survival is simple enough for even the low IQ.

When food is scarce as in cold climates, only smart thinking permits survival.

I'm calling for increase in global warming taxes so we can get these smarter people out of their polluting cars, and back into the bushes were they belong.

And lets Vaccinate the high IQs so we can depopulate them, for the good of everyone.

#Vax whitey

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