De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum

O Half Sigma faz uma análise interessante dos programas norte-americanos de redução de desigualdades.

There have actually been decades of reforms, going back to the 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education which ordered school desegration based on the conclusion that the racial performance gap was proof that black schools were not equal to white schools.

If there were no genetic IQ difference between the races, than the decades of failing to close this gap would be a huge national disgrace and something all Americans should be ashamed of. No wonder why leftists, who refuse to believe in racial IQ differences, hate America so much. I believe that leftists would be justified in hating America if the racial gap had nothing to do with genetic difference between the races.

However, there is a huge body of evidence, kept hidden by the left wing media, that (1) IQ is a genetically inherited trait; and (2) genes correlated with higher IQ occur with different frequencies in different races. (There’s no need to go into this here because most of my readers are already aware of this, but for those who aren’t I recommend The g Factor by Arthur Jensen. I can’t help but note that the book is sold at a ridiculously high price in order to ensure that no one reads it. Conspiracy?)

O problema que ele destaca é um que o pessoal da biologia, em algum momento, terá que encarar, além de ter que enfrentar o pessoal que faz leitura seletiva dos achados científicos. O importante, para mim, é que se os critérios são frágeis até à argumentação retórica de um Zé Ninguém (isto inclui celebridades das artes que adoram falar besteiras sobre economia, política, etc), então é bom parar antes de gastar o dinheiro das pessoas com as políticas.

Claudio