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Phylogenetics, cultural evolution and horizontal transmission
I guess, haha
Check this out if you haven't yet seen it, man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3Ws7pyJUI&feature=related
The Singularity Summit
I think I will wait for the YouTube version; it's to costly for the poor--like me.
Cowen on Sailer
Nice post.
Although I am no Sailer expert, I suspect that his position would be that the genetics of the issue are largely besides the point. Even if the causes of racial differences in IQ are 100% environmental, those differences are still there and, at least by adulthood, they are unalterable. So, public policy needs to take account of those differences.
I'm not sure what Sailer's view on this is. However, the genetic issue is an important topic for one political reason, namely, all public arguments about policies such as AA come down to claims about justice -- about righting wrongs, past and present.
Arguments about such matters would lose much force with the public if it were admitted that the race achievement/attainment/IQ/crime gap wasn't the result of past and continued oppression, irrational discrimination, and the like.
Were these inequalities shown to be commensurate with what IQ and temperamental gaps would predict, and that such gaps were genetic in origin, the public discourse and resultant policies would likely adjust accordingly.
Although I am no Sailer expert, I suspect that his position would be that the genetics of the issue are largely besides the point. Even if the causes of racial differences in IQ are 100% environmental, those differences are still there and, at least by adulthood, they are unalterable. So, public policy needs to take account of those differences.
I'm not sure what Sailer's view on this is. However, the genetic issue is an important topic for one political reason, namely, all public arguments about policies such as AA come down to claims about justice -- about righting wrongs, past and present.
Arguments about such matters would lose much force with the public if it were admitted that the race achievement/attainment/IQ/crime gap wasn't the result of past and continued oppression, irrational discrimination, and the like.
Were these inequalities shown to be commensurate with what IQ and temperamental gaps would predict, and that such gaps were genetic in origin, the public discourse and resultant policies would likely adjust accordingly.
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We need to protect our white children from dangerous minorities.
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