Posted on 05/26/2013 8:06:05 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
IQ tests were often given by the schools. I don’t know if standardized tests today often include a formal “IQ” test anymore.
All these, as you are no doubt aware, pull up the low end of the scale. They allow those who in previous centuries would not have been able to get close to their genetic potential, to actually do so.
I don’t buy “better nutrition for everyone.” I don’t believe that the children of upper or middle class people ever suffered from nutritionally imposed failure to develop mentally.
Poor people, sure. And since through almost all human history most people have been poor, slight improvements in diet for them made huge differences in average IQ.
Steve Sailer is one of the best commentators on IQ and like matters plus good people comment on his blog
I remember one guy who would help with my computer at my office, who was really friendly, but he just wouldn't stop talking about Star Wars/Fantasy/Star Trek.
Now I like Star Trek, but this guy didn't know when to give it a rest.
My non-verbal cues went right over this guy's head.
Thank you, I feel smarter already, in a metaphorical kind of way. :-D
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