We aren’t breeding wth the “builders of civilization,” brother. The dregs of inbreeding, which is devastating to the workings of the genes and the brain are the folks who are flooding in.
We are in no danger of being blessed by the genes of Hassan or Omar.
You are missing the core point: that I wanted to show that the Punjabi example proves a clear victory of nurture over nature.
Punjabi Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs share the exact same genetic ‘stock’ and DNA.
Yet, differences in average IQ and socioeconomic outcomes exist solely due to nurture—specifically, cultural practices around education, rural-urban infrastructure, and institutional investments.
If genetics were the deciding factor, these identical genetic populations would have identical test scores.
The variation proves that environment, culture, and education dictate cognitive outcomes, completely dismantling your argument about ‘dregs’ and ‘genes.’
There were some Adoption Studies (Schiff & Duyme) where children born to low-socioeconomic-status, lower-IQ biological parents who were adopted into high-socioeconomic-status families. When tested later in life, the adopted children showed an immediate increase of 12 to 15 IQ points compared to their biological siblings who remained in the lower-funded environment. Their genetics did not change; their access to nutrition, stable households, and complex language did.
Also look at https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/middle-eastern-or-north-african-us-government-surveys-preview-mena-demographics
Data shows that 52.4% to 53.2% of Middle Eastern immigrants hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, and 24% hold advanced postgraduate degrees. For comparison, only 35.9% of the native-born U.S. population holds a college degree
It’s culture.
The USA has a culture of success