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No, I think the studies are only necessary to argue with people that reject what's in front of their own eyes. You see it as clear that Africans are actually more intelligent than Motteposters. OK, if we redefine the word to mean something other than typical usage, that's probably true, so you'll get no argument from me, other that my usual quibble that I find it irritating when people use words in non-standard ways and insist that they're actually more correct than the standard. Whatever. At the end of the day, my position that living around large numbers of people of African ancestry sucks isn't based on what studies show or academic consensus, it's on looking at places I've been to and observing that I'd rather live near the Scandinavians. I think most people can see that just as easily, but to argue with someone that insists up and down that they don't really see the difference, I can pull data on productivity and murder rates, but that's still just a proxy for my sincerely held position that it's obvious to all that it's better to be surrounded by a bunch of Dutch, Swedes, and Germans than a bunch of Somalis. If someone points out that those designations are just, like, a construct man, I'm left to roll my eyes and move on.
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