It will be interesting to see whether the taboo against HBD will weaken as the evidence for it accumulates. So far, the trend seems to be the opposite of what one would expect: the more plausible HBD has become, the more taboo it has become as egalitarianism strengthens its hold on the culture. I hope I will live long enough to see how this taboo evolves over the 21st century.
I agree with the others here. The taboo will become even stronger the more evidence we have. This is not about evidence or rationality or truth. It's about the left's political objective of winning by any means necessary.
I see a future where China starts making IVF embryo selection for IQ more accessible because eugenics is a good thing in much of Asia. The west will condemn it but they cannot stop it. Just watch as babies that average 2+ SD start dominating the technological landscape. And eventually wealthy westerners will travel to Singapore, South Korea, or Japan to do this as well.
I'm not aware of any companies doing preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) that offers cognitive ability screening. Can you name them? They're all afraid of getting the "eugenics" label so most of them won't even give you height data, much less educational attainment.
China isn't doing it either, because the technology isn't there. Once the technology becomes really useful, people will do it in the West. Parents in the West move neighborhoods/cities or pay fortunes into private schools to improve their child's chances, so the idea that they won't be attracted to the idea of effectively raising their child's IQs is preposterous, we're just not there yet.
The thing is, everyone knows that Asians and Jews are smarter than gentile whites who are smarter than blacks - just like everyone knows that men are different from women, and 'transgender women' are not real women.
Building up the scientific evidence for these things is good and important, but also beside the point, as the conflict is essentially religious in nature. Anti-wokes would be better off studying how and why, say, Catholics and Protestants either succeeded or didn't succeed in taking over various countries in post-Reformation Europe.
Emil, you are wrong to describe it as 'sociopathic' which refers to very specific mental disorder. Kevin's behavior is reinforced by society, there's nothing sociopathic in it.
Good find. He may be thinking that the only way that polygenic group intelligence differences can happen is through random genetic drift, without considering natural selection.
It will be interesting to see whether the taboo against HBD will weaken as the evidence for it accumulates. So far, the trend seems to be the opposite of what one would expect: the more plausible HBD has become, the more taboo it has become as egalitarianism strengthens its hold on the culture. I hope I will live long enough to see how this taboo evolves over the 21st century.
I agree with the others here. The taboo will become even stronger the more evidence we have. This is not about evidence or rationality or truth. It's about the left's political objective of winning by any means necessary.
I see a future where China starts making IVF embryo selection for IQ more accessible because eugenics is a good thing in much of Asia. The west will condemn it but they cannot stop it. Just watch as babies that average 2+ SD start dominating the technological landscape. And eventually wealthy westerners will travel to Singapore, South Korea, or Japan to do this as well.
I'm not aware of any companies doing preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) that offers cognitive ability screening. Can you name them? They're all afraid of getting the "eugenics" label so most of them won't even give you height data, much less educational attainment.
China isn't doing it either, because the technology isn't there. Once the technology becomes really useful, people will do it in the West. Parents in the West move neighborhoods/cities or pay fortunes into private schools to improve their child's chances, so the idea that they won't be attracted to the idea of effectively raising their child's IQs is preposterous, we're just not there yet.
The thing is, everyone knows that Asians and Jews are smarter than gentile whites who are smarter than blacks - just like everyone knows that men are different from women, and 'transgender women' are not real women.
Building up the scientific evidence for these things is good and important, but also beside the point, as the conflict is essentially religious in nature. Anti-wokes would be better off studying how and why, say, Catholics and Protestants either succeeded or didn't succeed in taking over various countries in post-Reformation Europe.
Evidence is irrelevant. The taboo won't weaken unless there's some kind of deep political shift that makes HBD popular and respectable.
What is the best current “State of the Research” paper or article, akin to “The Facts That Need to Be Explained?” Is it Warne 2021?
Emil, you are wrong to describe it as 'sociopathic' which refers to very specific mental disorder. Kevin's behavior is reinforced by society, there's nothing sociopathic in it.
Interesting read! Good job!
Good find. He may be thinking that the only way that polygenic group intelligence differences can happen is through random genetic drift, without considering natural selection.
Certainly Turkheimer's idea. Grad student doesn't appear bright enough to do this kind of thing. Clinical psychologist.