What is your honest opinion on racial differences in IQ? From findings in books like the "Bell curve" by Charle's Murray and "Why Race Matters"

by Michael Levin? Do you think that there is any truth and science to it or do you think that it is pseudoscience to push eugenics and a political agenda? If you do believe that the racial differences in IQ are legitimate, what do you believe the reasons for that are? Do you believe that race matters?

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BohemianBabe · M

The Bell Curve has been discredited into oblivion. Even the stuff they admit to in the book itself shows that they used comically bad methods to get these results.

IQ is caused by a few factors. So far, I haven't seen any evidence that racial genetics is one of them.

SW-User

@BohemianBabe What few factors do you think it is caused by?

BohemianBabe · M

@SW-User Generally, it's living conditions experienced in childhood. Things like malnutrition, anxiety, often being sick, a poor education, basically things that are more common when living in poverty, will reduce IQ growth. Even testing IQ is tricky because a person can think better when less stressed. So your IQ may depend on how much stress you're experiencing, which can vary wildly if you have anxiety.

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@BohemianBabe Things to think about. Thanks for your input and contribution to the post.