tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post8099609162619883159..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Is It Possible There Are People At Cornell Less Politically Correct Than I Am?William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-58080894750828311372011-02-11T20:49:32.213-05:002011-02-11T20:49:32.213-05:00I don't think IQ as a measure of intelligence ...I don't think IQ as a measure of intelligence is all it has been cracked up to be. I don't object to studies of gender or race differences. Study anything you like but make certain that your terms and tools of measurement are very carefully considered lest you do harm rather than good. Scientists are in a precarious situation right now because so many have abandoned scientific method, genuine peer review, and the search for truth however inconvenient. <br /><br />Scientists need to ask themselves if the method of measurement they use is sufficient, takes into consideration influencing factors such as ethics, cultural values, etc. <br /><br />One can have a very high IQ and not a shred of common sense.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842600325481688144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-72730936084219254942011-02-11T14:33:39.716-05:002011-02-11T14:33:39.716-05:00Excellent post.
About a month ago I also sadly de...Excellent post.<br /><br />About a month ago I also sadly decided that there could be no other explanation for the reason why some groups of people behave the way they do. Genetics and IQ is the only answer.<br /><br />All the social programs and affirmative action approaches have failed. Multiculturalism in some places is failing by being affected by Genetics and IQ.<br /><br />How about inbreeding and the effects of it through the generations. I believe that is a major cause. No one wants to talk about it but it's obviously effecting the current state of affairs. Inner-family marriage and rape are direct contributors to lowered genetic IQ's.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956024937374267943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-25778869222424603252011-02-11T14:13:14.259-05:002011-02-11T14:13:14.259-05:001. Even I will not touch the subject of race and I...1. <i>Even I will not touch the subject of race and IQ, because it is as toxic a subject as there is.</i><br /><br />If our culture emphasized evaluating people as individuals by, wherever possible, objective performance criteria, issues like this would not be toxic.<br /><br />2. I don't read Althouse regularly, but iirc she occasionally states that research on gender differences is PC if the results state that women are superior. Similarly, consider the mythology of sun people/ice people.<br /><br />3. Apparently--don't have time to track down the link, sorry--, the Chinese are aggressively researching the genetics of intelligence.gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953008291916883288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-69741820695914758152011-02-11T13:09:53.601-05:002011-02-11T13:09:53.601-05:00The only question today is whether IQ is 40,50, 60...The only question today is whether IQ is 40,50, 60 or 80% genetically-based. The fact that this flies in the face of egalitarian fictions is all too inconvenient.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859915456231590063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-61142666433017420922011-02-11T13:05:53.769-05:002011-02-11T13:05:53.769-05:00The Crisis of the American Intellectual
by Walter ...The Crisis of the American Intellectual<br />by Walter Russell Mead <br /><br />"what worries me most today is the state of the people who should be the natural leaders of the next American transformation: our intellectuals and professionals." <br /><br />"if our society is going to develop we have to move beyond the ideas and the institutions of twentieth century progressivism. The promises of the administrative state can no longer be kept and its premises no longer hold. The bureaucratic state is too inefficient to provide the needed services at a sustainable cost – and bureaucratic, administrative governments are by nature committed to maintain the status quo at a time when change is needed. For America to move forward, power is going to have to shift from bureaucrats to entrepreneurs, from the state to society and from qualified experts and licensed professionals to the population at large."<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2010/12/08/the-crisis-of-the-american-intellectual/" rel="nofollow">The American Interest</a>viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-63362483450330569652011-02-11T12:51:31.856-05:002011-02-11T12:51:31.856-05:00No, don't be very careful. Be bold, unapologe...No, don't be very careful. Be bold, unapologetic, and plain-spoken.<br /><br />There are many people who insist on rational thinking, and find valid data on which to predicate sound observations.<br /><br />Screw the Thought Police!Ragspierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879007675662895968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53999558152638696752011-02-11T12:16:37.631-05:002011-02-11T12:16:37.631-05:00Be very careful. Out here we had a school board me...Be very careful. Out here we had a school board member simply posit the question of whether this type of data was even worth examining, and he was forced to resign over cries of racism.<br /><br />It is ironic, however, that we do not seem to mind those studies looking into differences between the male and female brain, although those studies are never about solely IQ. Also, the science of IQ is not settled. Although a lot of data bears out the static nature of one's IQ over time, more recent studies suggest IQ is language based, and in the cases of children who lack language and then acquire it? Their IQs have been documented to increase by as much as 20-40 points, which is huge. This is why I personally do not view IQ as a predictor of anything (much less potential), and only as a current performance measure.Spedvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03059941547661456333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-50919161246330678532011-02-11T12:07:34.318-05:002011-02-11T12:07:34.318-05:00For a start of a discussion on this critical quest...For a start of a discussion on this critical question here is Prof. Harold Lewis's resignation letter from the American Physical Society:<br /><br />"It is of course, the global warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave. It is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life as a physicist. Anyone who has the faintest doubt that this is so should force himself to read the ClimateGate documents, which lay it bare. (Montford’s book organizes the facts very well.) I don’t believe that any real physicist, nay scientist, can read that stuff without revulsion. I would almost make that revulsion a definition of the word scientist."<br /><br />Harold Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, former Chairman; Former member Defense Science Board, chmn of Technology panel; Chairman DSB study on Nuclear Winter; Former member Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Former member, President’s Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee; Chairman APS study on Nuclear Reactor Safety Chairman Risk Assessment Review Group<br /><br /><a href="http://cbullitt.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/harold-lewis-scathing-resignation-letter-from-the-aps/" rel="nofollow">Soylent Green</a><br /><br />A. W. Montford's book, referenced above:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hockey-Stick-Illusion-Climategate-Independent/dp/1906768358/" rel="nofollow">Amazon</a>viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-37414864259823336362011-02-11T11:52:33.453-05:002011-02-11T11:52:33.453-05:00"Science becoming religion because of politic...<em>"Science becoming religion because of political correctness? Is such a thing really possible? ...the sun just came out in Ithaca, a rare occurrence in February. A sign?"</em><br /><br />I believe it is a sign of real hope. Someone willing to state TRUTH; where there is light, there is indeed hope.<br /><br />Let's hope the sun keeps shining in Ithaca!DINORightMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067345219054999889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-82765230806209249272011-02-11T11:44:36.079-05:002011-02-11T11:44:36.079-05:00Frank talk--I find Jews and East Asians (I belong ...Frank talk--I find Jews and East Asians (I belong to neither group) generally to have higher IQs. My personal observations. I guess I've never felt threatened, nor has it bothered me, because I've always been able to successfully compete with them academically.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.com