Environment & Genes & IQ

Posted by on February 18, 2003; This entry is filed under Uncategorized.
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Here is an 2 year old article titled “Heritability Estimates vs. Large Environmental Effects: The IQ Paradox Resolved”. I find the title a little bit peculiar, as the article brings up possibilities and avenues of investigation to resolve the paradox (read the article and it seems clear they are concerned with the race discrepancy in IQs rather than the straightforward question of gene-environment feeback loops) , but doesn’t seem to indicate a clear resolution….

And to return to the race and IQ debate, it shows that environment could explain racial IQ differences just as it explains IQ differences between generations.

Reminds me of Godless’ post titled “Modern Day Epicyclists”. Yes, Flynn might be right, Jensen himself has stated unlike most of his detractors Flynn is a serious thinker who gives him a fair shake, but what seems like the most parsimonious explanation to you? Good people will disagree me thinks….

2 Comments

  1. John Ray February 19th, 2003 at 5:41 am

    Chris Brand replied to the Flynn & Dickens paper here:

    http://www.crispian.demon.co.uk/dickensflynn2001.html

  2. Steve Sailer February 19th, 2003 at 11:14 am

    Jim Flynn is a terrific guy, the very model of the open-minded scholar.

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