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points by tptacek 12 hours ago | 0 comments
Difference in IQ test scores between racial groups in the United States is established and replicated. Differences in innate intelligence are not. It's not hard to intuit the difference; you just ask yourself, "I wonder what else could have been different between racial groups in the United States at the time these surveys were conducted?".
[–] mike_hearn 10 hours ago
It replicates worldwide, it's not a US thing.
[–] tptacek 9 hours ago
What do you mean "it replicates worldwide"? What replication are you referring to?
[–] fliglr 4 hours ago
IQ differences between ethnic/population groups/racial groups. It's not only a US phenomenon
[–] tptacek 4 hours ago
I don't think it's a US phenomenon in particular; I'm saying we have data about the US, and not about the rest of the world.
[–] fliglr 3 hours ago
Then you haven't looked
[–] tptacek 3 hours ago
People tend to say this before citing "IQ and the Wealth of Nations" or something derived from it.
[–] mjanx123 3 hours ago
The US racial groups are US specific. The bundling of different ethnicities into a race (like grouping high pigmented out of Africa with Africans instead of with low pigmented out of Africa) is silly.