aardvark2
1mo ago
In a large thread about HBD, this comment https://www.themotte.org/post/877/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/187753?context=8#context was not replied. @OliveTapenade @guesswho @HlynkaCG @Questionmark
Since IQ scores are usually unavailable in large genetic databases, largest studies use "educational attainment" (EA, a variable dimensioned in number of years studied for individual's highest degree). Davide Piffer took polygenic index function derived from European populations and computed its values for some other populations, and plotted them vs their phenotypic IQs.
Of course, using polygenic index on another population than which polygenic index was derived isn't good. But this is bad in a sense that it is not accurate for estimating an individual from that another population (mostly because of linkage disequilibrium) but here we are interested in relative ranking of population averages, and they align fairly well. If using PGI to get another population averages was bad, we could predict it would be produce zero correlations and correlation -1 just as likely as +1. We could have seen bias associated with genetic distance from reference population or bias associated with relative position on PCA chart, but we don't. Maybe Piffer cherrypicked results? If so, why wouldn't be the best response to it is to re-do his analysis and show proper ~0 correlation?
Anti-HBD, what's your response to this? Why do you repeat "legacy of slavery" ad nauseam but ignore what genetics starts to explore? (link about mostly the same: https://www.emilkirkegaard.com/p/sasha-gusev-wont-answer-basic-questions )
aardvark2
4mo ago
Many insects have extremely shifted sex ratios in favor of females due to Wolbachia. And it looks like that it's more good for them than bad.
aardvark2
1mo ago
(often just as difficult to measure) for IQ
what do you mean by this, you're writing just to inflate word count? IQ tests require from 30 minutes to hour or more, and many people do not want to waste time on it. Ticking boxes in questionaire about degree they have is less than minute, and more people cooperate.
whether EA can mean different things in different countries, and so on.
this is a non-issue since EA here only used for getting polygenic index in reference population which is either one country or some quite similar countries. Then, polygenic index is used to predict which EA other population would had if they lived in reference country.
Knocking off three years of attainment because it’s a majority black country isn’t.
you're imagining what your outgroup done bad?
Yes, I understand that correctly. However this their genes prevailed is totally made up. Which is what i'm concerned about (and maybe due to reasons why author made it up totally false premise).
aardvark2
19d ago
I believe the current transgender advocacy, on the reverse, requires trans individuals to be recognized as such even without surgery and/or HRT, Laws requiring surgery and/or HRT, sterliziation are widely seen as transphobic.
This isn't just my interpretation or extrapolation of my opponents' position, this idea is written down in manifestoes
I don't think this has anything to do with mainstream.
aardvark2
6mo ago
SMBC increases presence women and non-whites relative to real life. What is not left-wing about SMBC?
I agree about latter point: mainly nerd/tech stuff with little politics.
aardvark2
10mo ago
Yes, it's how psychiatry works.
And Soviet state was dismantled from inside by CPSU members not activists spreading leaflets.
aardvark2
1yr ago
MAOA 2R allele (which is a lot worse than originally found 3R low activity allele).
aardvark2
1mo ago
Domain expertise can be taught to almost anyone. You have to be smart to be a doctor, but that doesn't mean you have to be a genius.
Many of cheap manufacturing jobs are sourced to Asia. Africa can't offer even that.
aardvark2
1mo ago
Hamas is Iran-backed
Outgroup homogenity bias. Iran is Shia, Hamas is Sunni. I think Hamas effectively gets more funding from USA than from Iran.
aardvark2
1mo ago
There is a simple explanation as to why the White Nationalists are more tolerant than other groups
Um... really? in the story, Indians accepted Elizabeth with supposed 1/8 ancestry. I do not think White Nationalists would accept a person who has only 1/8 of white ancestry...
aardvark2
2mo ago
You mean that German SS entered territory of former Russian empire and killed Jews there?
aardvark2
3mo ago
What do you mean by "hyperpartisan"? He has changed his political id from Russian nationalist to something other... thing? EHC, woke symphatizer? I'm asking about this specific take, not his other takes.
aardvark2
4mo ago
I lost about 12 pounds in 2.5 months
So most of your weight "loss" was glycogene and water associated with glycogene, not fat. Will return quickly.
aardvark2
4mo ago
Offbrand cola is disgusting, for example.
How do we know they are objectively worse than brand colas without using your prior exposure to brand colas?
Do you want a huge population of Afghans,
probably not a good example of genetics, this country is worse than African poor and one of 2 (IIRC) countries than still do have wild poliomielitis. They probably could do about as well as Albanians given better circumstances.
Why can't the US fill the ranks of its army if its GDP is so high?
on the other hand, does it need to?
On all conventional measures of strength, NATO was far ahead of the Taliban.
So US Army did won against Taliban. Army doesn't decide what happens after this.
aardvark2
10mo ago
It would help, you know, if you defined intelligence in not sense "personality which I like", which is not very useful.
About cab drivers, there's a quote alleged to Mitterand "it is very unfortunate thing that people who know most about how to govern, are already employed as hairdressers and taxi drivers".
aardvark2
1yr ago
related fact that immigrants might be low-income but might or might not have cultural attributes associated with poverty
immigrants might be low-income but might or might not have genetic traits predisposing them for poverty
aardvark2
1yr ago
It looks to me that 26+ bar has smallest confidence interval, so i doubt your explanation.
aardvark2
10d ago
Is it THAT different from much more popular "any Russian killed is a Russian who will not invade western countries"?
aardvark2
19d ago
Even trans issue, as controversial as they've been, are only the thin end of the wedge for transhumanism.
could you please be more specific? You say that transsexuality is associated with transhumanism?
Please get Hlynka to cooperate on good faith on point where I asked him to provide counterexamples for intelligent (as rated by him) people/groups with personalities than he dislikes.
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