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Spider Jerusalem

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3. Here's a pretty good takedown of Murray's Bell Curve thesis:

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2014, 06:16 PM

May 2014

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/race-iq-and-wealth/

salient points: IQ is more a product of wealth and socioeconomic factors than genetics (cited: significant differences in IQ scores in Ireland over a 30-year-period that coincided with a significant increase in national wealth and GDP per capita; significant differences of one standard deviation between average IQ's of American and Israeli Jews, who represent a genetically similar population in different social/economic circumstances, etc).

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The more I read about Charles Murray, the more I am angry, alarmed, and disturbed.... [View all] YoungDemCA May 2014 OP

He Is A Bad'un, Ma'am.... The Magistrate May 2014 #1

I'm a Sir... YoungDemCA May 2014 #2

I Will Try And Remember, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #4

Here's a pretty good takedown of Murray's Bell Curve thesis: Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #3

Charles Murray is evil. Louisiana1976 May 2014 #5

My first decade of teaching our scores were reported in stanines, based on the bell curve. madfloridian May 2014 #6

the bell curve is a statistical modeling device AngryAmish May 2014 #8

It was only used for evaluating progress. madfloridian May 2014 #13

A stanine is a standard, albeit a bit dated, way of reporting results. Igel May 2014 #11

Igel, thanks for saying this.... prairierose May 2014 #16

A big K&R! For your important post. n/t CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #7

Andrew Sullivan has been quite laudatory of The Bell Curve Fumesucker May 2014 #9

One of those HBD kooks. JaneyVee May 2014 #10

Advice for a happy life: don't take happiness advice from Charles Murray FarCenter May 2014 #12

Thank you! I love DU WhiteTara May 2014 #14

The Bell Curve and The Pioneer Fund Starry Messenger May 2014 #15

A moderate Republican. alfredo May 2014 #17

there's just piles of these freaks MisterP May 2014 #18