[lentulusgracchus]

Everybody seems to be upset about Derbyshire's multi-part point 10). I think perhaps he does go off the track a bit into near-racism in points 11) to 15)

I have something of a problem with the fairness, or rather the informational goodness, of point 11). IQ is to some extent, perhaps a great extent, influenced by nurture and teaching. I read a lot as a kid, thanks to Canadian Maritime winters, so my reading and IQ (as tested) prospered apace. So would anyone's who read a lot, as opposed to a kid (regardless of ethnos) who played videogames nonstop, or who was brought up like wolves in a dysfunctional family that was uneducated and illiterate.

So the IQ tests don't just test native intelligence but something rather different, and culturally loaded.

[.30Carbine]

So the IQ tests don't just test native intelligence but something rather different, and culturally loaded.

Glad you mentioned this.