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04/02/2008: "IQ a good predictor of intelligence"

Many intellectuals dismiss [heritable IQ] out of hand, having been convinced by Stephen Jay Gould's book The Mismeasure of Man that general intelligence does not exist and that there is no evidence for its heritability. But a decade ago, the American Psychological Association commissioned an ideologically and racially diverse panel of scientists to review the evidence.

They reported that IQ tests measure a stable property of the person; that general intelligence reflects a real phenomenon (namely, that measures of different aspects of intelligence intercorrelate); that it predicts a variety of positive life outcomes; and that it is highly heritable among individuals within a group.

[ When lies are the norm, people have to be "convinced" to "think outside of the box" to see the obvious. ]

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/2006_06_17_thenewrepublic.html

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on Wednesday, April 2nd, Osama bin Laden said

He makes an appeal to 'universal human rights' at the end, which is laughable. Despite presenting these mountains of evidence to connect people of the same ethnic group together genetically and behaviorally, he still believes there is no reason for people to want to connect to each other on a level beyond economic transactions?

on Wednesday, April 2nd, Osama bin Laden said

Good article, but the author is still fraught with the dilemma of accepting the implications of each of the hypothesizes. The author, even after going into depth about Jewish genetic isolation, still dismisses the idea of Jews collectively working together for their own causes. Also note that the overseas Chinese have NEVER been the target of any serious movement of hatred/dislike.