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by tptacek on Thursday December 26, 2024 @02:29PM
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Stipulating that it's even possible to produce this kind of ranking, and that it would be meaningful, your answer: because reliably generating the data you would need to do it is a ludicrously expensive proposition. It is a little wild that people sort of automatically buy the idea that Richard Lynn had access to the data he would have needed to perform this analysis!
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IQ tests have been around for over 120 years now, haven't they?
I haven't read Richard Lynn's books before, looks like I should check them out, if for anything to see what's going on there.
When I visited "developing" countries, there is for sure something going on (or not going on) there. IQ seems to be a factor, probably due to a lack of nutrition. Or maybe it's a more spiritual thing. Whatever it is, a study based on quantifying the difference is only so helpful either way. While I don't quite know what I saw while I was there, I know that I saw it.