tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post3008406339408385147..comments2024-03-08T08:26:10.748+00:00Comments on Racial Reality: African IQ and the Flynn EffectRacial Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-63008410762610844882020-06-25T05:18:43.368+01:002020-06-25T05:18:43.368+01:00@Chuck11
But, are IQ tests, naep scores not g-lo...@Chuck11<br /><br /><br />But, are IQ tests, naep scores not g-loaded? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324074343_Has_the_Black-White_IQ_Gap_in_the_United_States_Narrowed_A_Literature_Review<br />https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259097872_Ability_rise_in_NAEP_and_narrowing_ethnic_gaps<br /><br />also, see: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289614000105<br Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454450485916984097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-23231410380118945052019-03-14T10:45:25.054+00:002019-03-14T10:45:25.054+00:00I think the conclusions reached about Africa havin...I think the conclusions reached about Africa having an "IQ renaissance" in the coming decades is specious at best. It assumes that all the observed differences are "environmental". I'm not buying that.<br /><br />The average IQs of "African Americans" in the US is about a standard deviation lower than the "whites" there. Here we have the same Friedrich der Großehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825464006051875240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-36496539779567268742015-07-16T09:20:49.014+01:002015-07-16T09:20:49.014+01:00If you guys want an example of a improving Africa ...If you guys want an example of a improving Africa Nation I would look up Botswana before making generalizations. BTW I find it funny how people give singular nation examples when SS Africa is A WHOLE culturally and politically diverse region which varies on hinderances like corruption/disease/poverty and etc. So Far Botswana is catching up with Turkey and Mexico.Macedo78https://www.blogger.com/profile/15009713179494103409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-64047659241039220352013-12-18T11:14:05.539+00:002013-12-18T11:14:05.539+00:00I'm sick of hearing all the excuses about why ...I'm sick of hearing all the excuses about why Blacks consistently underperform in IQ tests. <br /><br />Japan took less than 50 years to transform form a Medieval agrarian economy to an advanced industrial economy.<br /><br />South Korea was the poorest nation on Earth in 1950. It is now one of the most technologically advanced.<br /> <br />Poverty and malnutrition is far worse in India and Brishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05771534538377496202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-13184214405336578982013-06-05T08:32:03.191+01:002013-06-05T08:32:03.191+01:00Frankly, if the gap in SSA is 20IQ points; and gap...Frankly, if the gap in SSA is 20IQ points; and gap in USA is 12-15IQ points; does it mean that all the poorest environment can do is depress scores by 5 points?<br /><br />I mean, why the assumption that after getting SSA to the well-being level of USA, the gap will dissappear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-8086009625995801232013-05-03T17:26:27.505+01:002013-05-03T17:26:27.505+01:00This is nonsense, blacks in an American school wer...This is nonsense, blacks in an American school were given lot of funding from bleeding heart liberals, enough to warrant a field trip to Czecho republic and there was no increase in academic performance, this would prove that flynn effect is nonsense and IQ is mostly genetic...Eliasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-34311171489363693352013-03-13T15:06:00.807+00:002013-03-13T15:06:00.807+00:00But the Gap between people of a same sample of pop...But the Gap between people of a same sample of population remains unchanged....<br />Why aren't all French or US at 146 points IQ.... since the times they started to be evoluated and educated...a couple of centuries ago ????<br />Why aren't ALL the Jews ONLY over-talented Nobel, but also a lot of beggars and under the level of poverty ? Even in US and Israel???How long do you consider theDiogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-62428705052982099332013-03-13T12:46:31.770+00:002013-03-13T12:46:31.770+00:00@jensen
Read the post before commenting. Wicherts...@jensen<br /><br />Read the post before commenting. Wicherts et al. says:<br /><br /><i>"There is now a clear indication that <b>the Flynn Effect seems to have come to a halt in developed nations</b> (Flynn, 2007). It is, therefore, reasonable to think that as circumstances in sub-Saharan Africa improve, the IQ gap between western samples and African samples will diminish."</i>Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-32110963036196171002013-03-02T19:23:13.607+00:002013-03-02T19:23:13.607+00:00Everybody is forgetting the admixtures of whites i...Everybody is forgetting the admixtures of whites into Black popmlations which changed the gene pool of these persons out of Africa. Now we need explanations which aren't only either genetical vague blabla nor biased statistics. Before testing IQ it seems necessary to sequence how much recent western genes entered the pool and compare with relatively pure african genes pool's IQ results Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-26888231040923254262013-02-27T13:28:26.098+00:002013-02-27T13:28:26.098+00:00This is nonsense. The Flynn effect may bring gains...This is nonsense. The Flynn effect may bring gains to SSAs but the same phenomenon will apply to all other populations as well. The g determined gap will remain constant as it does in the US where headstart and all the other costly educational policy experiments have yet to shrink the constant 1.1 sd gap (constant over a century of testing) between blacks and whites although both groups are jensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-14742855019936933242012-09-10T03:09:07.074+01:002012-09-10T03:09:07.074+01:00The prior anonymous has made my point: what about ...The prior anonymous has made my point: what about black populations outside Africa? The only relative gains of black populations outside Africa when compared to european caucasoids or far-northeastern asians has been through interracial reproduction.<br /><br />By the way, I want to make clear that I don't have any personal interest in asserting the hypothesis of a "lower genetic IQ"aleksandrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-85401494221845190932012-05-28T17:30:29.961+01:002012-05-28T17:30:29.961+01:00This article ignores people of African descent out...This article ignores people of African descent outside of Africa. In the US, for example, the black IQ has increased with the flynn affect at the exact same rate as the white IQ. However the gap is still about 15 points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-47270231284740262622012-05-07T22:08:04.802+01:002012-05-07T22:08:04.802+01:00http://www.google.co.za/search?q=nodding+disease&a...http://www.google.co.za/search?q=nodding+disease&hl=en&rlz=1W1PCTC_en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=fzmoT4ewAoWEhQeU_4neAg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=683Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-66503323867419091272012-03-24T16:22:31.557+00:002012-03-24T16:22:31.557+00:00You can twist statistics anyway you want, buddy.You can twist statistics anyway you want, buddy.idealartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-6396862450717631092012-03-24T13:47:51.963+00:002012-03-24T13:47:51.963+00:00@idealart
Don't make unsupported claims, and ...@idealart<br /><br />Don't make unsupported claims, and stop spamming irrelevant material.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-6679897277624664632012-03-23T21:07:12.889+00:002012-03-23T21:07:12.889+00:00From the diary of Frére Louis, a priest living in ...From the diary of Frére Louis, a priest living in the Congo:<br /><br />"We are living in a situation of pure and simple cannibalism. The may-may plunder, rape and kill the civilian population. They then eath their meat, raw or smoked. This is true for the May-MAy chief Kabale, who was killed recently (15/05/2006) by the population of Kayumba."<br /><br />--<br />I just selected some idealartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-27820474446793896942012-03-23T20:05:30.437+00:002012-03-23T20:05:30.437+00:00"Present-day sub-Saharan Africa is one of the..."Present-day sub-Saharan Africa is one of the poorest regions in the world and the home to some of the world's most deprived children."<br /><br />Maybe they are poor because of low IQ or some other genetic characteristic.<br /><br />"Has anyone studied the IQs of well to do African children, who benefit from the best food, medical care, and education?"<br /><br />Yes. idealartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-4112707235143724692012-02-16T22:14:48.814+00:002012-02-16T22:14:48.814+00:00"Though that may still seem huge and insurmou..."Though that may still seem huge and insurmountable, it's actually normal when placed in the proper historical context."<br /><br />It would be interesting to see if the African-European IQ gap was g-loaded like the US Black-White gap and unlike the secular gap. My guess is "Yes." <br /><br />"Secular score gains are predominantly driven by environmental factors Chuck11https://occidentalascent.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-49181393629483851682011-12-19T09:05:10.989+00:002011-12-19T09:05:10.989+00:00why all Jews aren't pure geniuses but have a q...why all Jews aren't pure geniuses but have a quasi normal Gauss Curve (with perhaps some selection of better achievements as selected for harsh conditioons of surviving along centuries of persecution...? They were also Among Others... who were 70% of lower level than them, all along the centuries?<br />Why didn't sub saharians EVOLUATE more and better like other populations did?<br />I Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669209049450670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-54146672167515603442011-12-02T16:31:37.938+00:002011-12-02T16:31:37.938+00:00This is a fascinating topic and deserves much more...This is a fascinating topic and deserves much more widespread exposure in the media, academia, and the political sphere.<br /><br />Has anyone studied the IQs of well to do African children, who benefit from the best food, medical care, and education? That should tell us a great deal about the environmental influences on IQ in Africans.<br /><br />If the average IQ of randomly selected Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com