Since the publication of the Bell Curve, black IQ has halved the black-white IQ gap. IQ has a lot of inertia, but it isn’t genetic.
Think about it: are we going to accept that not one child in 13 Baltimore high schools is proficient in math because IQ is, after all, genetic? Or, are we going to be angry at the Democrats and the teachers unions for dumbing-down our children?
When I was a kid, Polish jokes were rampant here in the U.S. I can tell you that in Imperial Russia, when Poland was part of it, they too had a low opinion of Polish intelligence. Yet, since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Polish IQ has sky-rocketed. Polish IQ is today about the same as German IQ.
Is this increase of Polish IQ due to genetic evolution? No, obviously. The increase is due to what democracy and free markets are capable of doing.
Let’s get our people off the plantation of welfarism, and get them to breath of the fresh air of freedom!
I agree wholeheartedly with the theme of your comments.
I do wonder, though, what is your source that genetics is not a contributing factor and, in particular, your source for the increased IQ since published by the Bell Curve almost 30 years ago (Polish vs. Germany, etc.).
Um, you're wrong. Environment can overcome a lot of genetic deficiency but abstract thinking requires a high IQ, above 110-120 IQ.