Comments on: Congenial Times

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:54:05 +0000

Sorry for slight off-topic, but could anyone here tackle his factor analysis arguments against Jensen?

http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=37081

By: TGGP

TGGP — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:59:54 +0000

Dallas, I think higher education is more likely to lead to birth control than abortion. Abortion is what you do when you forget to use control (or morning-after), with illegitimacy resulting when you forget to do even that. Although as Razib has pointed out before, Ivy Leaguers delay even sexual activity longer than dropouts.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:25:28 +0000

An interesting comparison can be made with the Mennonites, who can be thought of as "Amish-lite". They have the same German Protestant work ethic, same rural background, and same large families. They do not reject the English language or culture to the same degree as the Amish.

This link:

http://www.iamenno.pvt.k12.ia.us/aboutims.htm

is to the Iowa Mennonite School, which is located in rural Iowa. It serves the Mennonites (and others) in the surrounding area, who are primarily small businessmen and farmers, like the Amish, who also live in the area.

As the link indicates, IMS grads rank quite high on standardized tests.

Curiously, the higher education they encourage among their youth does not foster the culture-extinguishing mass abortion rates that seem to affect other Western women.

By: tom

tom — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:25:45 +0000

Folk wisdom would suggest that the Amish would have a lower average IQ because of inbreeding and the possible exodus of brighter members. On the other hand, since all Amish women–regardless of intelligence–breed a lot, the less intelligent women wouldn’t have higher birth-rates than than the more intelligent women, unlike in our society.

By: AG

AG — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:17:22 +0000

No surprise, a Swedish study ranks Nordic as the highest. Only English or Anglo researches can rank non-Anglo at higher levels than Anglo themself. The pattern consistent indicates English culture as least ethnocentric. Thus, non-biased research findings are most likely from English or WASPs.

This also explain the highest quality of research findings are often from New England region of USA besides the highest IQ and education achievement in that region.