America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away

Re:America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away by NeoBasilisk on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @05:09PM (#18296422)

So you're saying poor people in the US don't matter because they bring down the average?

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Re:America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away by core-questions on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:27PM (#18297355)

I don't think that's what I'm saying. Of course they _matter_, as much as any of us do anyhow.

What I'm saying is that if you actually compare people with similar demographically-expected IQ and socioeconomic situations, Americans stack up fine. It's the extenuating circumstances that drag the overall averages down.

All that really means is that overall averages across 300 million people aren't that useful.

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Re:America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away by anoncoward111 on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:21PM (#18297328)

They matter, but they don't negate the statistical extremes.

For what it's worth, I didn't go to any elite universities and I make less than 35,000 per year, so I don't have a horse in this race.

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