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Anne Frütel's avatar

Yes, they lose. Thank you for sharing such rich material and keep going.

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Steve Sailer's avatar

What was I surprised by when I started reading Lynn and Vanhanen's National IQ work in 2002?

I was surprised Israel is mediocre. I expected France to score a little above the European average. The big gap between India and China was not unanticipated but still strikingly large. Maybe I expected Switzerland to be above average.

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Francis Turner's avatar

Interested to discover that Rebecca Sear has failed to update her own webpage to include her trendy blueski ID to go with her Xitter one (or maybe to replace it? she hasn't Xeeted for a couple of months)

Looking at her blueski blatherings she seems to personify the "AWFUL" (affluent, white, female, urbal, liberal) stereotype. Censorship is of course a requirement for such people

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martyrmadefanboy's avatar

Finally, support for drawing broad and sweeping conclusions based on vibes. This will save me years of research time.

(jk; very interesting topic though)

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Ebenezer's avatar

If Sear truly believes your work is bad, I think she should welcome its publication.

That way, she can write a response and demolish your ideas in the public square, decisively demonstrating how weak they are.

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Ferien's avatar

Given that Africans give wildly off IQ estimates, probably plot of estimates (African - other) by country isn't useful, more interesting would be how estimate vs actual plot would look like if Africans and non-Africans plotted differently.

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Aroka's avatar

The success of Indians is probably not enough to explain why they are viewed positively by Americans.

Iranians have a similar success in the US, yet Americans rate them similarly to African countries.

In this case, Americans give a high score to a US ally (India) but a low score to another country whose government is very hostile to the US.

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Ebenezer's avatar

Americans are much more likely to have encountered an Indian-American than an Iranian-American. There are many more Indian-Americans, and they are spread more evenly across the country.

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