re: #46 Capricious Casserole of Calamity

Many people tend to react strongly to anything that has “IQ” and “race” within 10 meters of each other. Understandable, given history, but logically fallacious. Conclusions should not be predetermined, but rather should follow from evidence (the cautionary example is the right vis a vis AGW).

Written IQ tests can give us insight into certain aspects of intelligence, and even how they relate to race.

But to come to the conclusion that “relative scores on written IQ test = relative intelligence” requires a major leap of faith based on a predermined conclusion that certain groups are “more intelligent” than other groups and that this is genetically determined.