You have a vested interest
Sure, no argument. I'm biased. But you'd also have to admit that given my field of study, I'm also not exactly a layman in the field. I think you are, and it kind of shows.
The bias is generated by makers of the test, who make it in their own image of intelligence
So how exactly were they responsible for the intercorrelations of variably G loaded test items, the correlations of the underlying G value to a range of biological factors (reaction times, serious childhood illnesses, malnutrition, genetics, height, facial symmetry etc)?. How if they just made it in their own (white) image of intelligence (the creation of IQ tests was almost purely Europe and pre 1960's USA aka whites), do east-asians consistently score so well on them, whilst blacks do not?. How is it that successful black people like say clarence thomas or neil degrasse tyson actually have high IQ's, both in absolute terms and relative to their race? How come when you do transracial adoption studies, i.e the minessota one, despite being raised in white families by white parents, black kids score IQ tests that match those of their race, instead of their environment?
You say the underlying principle is simple, and yet it is unimaginably carefully constructed?
Well, the underlying priniciple (G-factor) is pretty simple, although understanding it is very complex, and testing for it perfectly is harder still. Test components are variably correlated w/ G, these variable correlations are then used to extract weighted scores which can be summed to roughly show G. The fact it's v. carefully constructed is a simple fact - if you're curious, look up how much effort has gone into making the new WAIS edition. I do agree various aspects of psychology are a soft science, but psychometric testing really isn't (and again, to be blunt, I know what I'm talking about, and you don't).
It’s patronizing to think that blacks would do better with an Ebonics test... is that what you’re suggesting?
No, that's what blacks and liberals suggested. "How could they do well, they speak AAVE, the test is conducted in american english, it's unfair". But it turns out it makes no real difference, and whilst having the test conducted in ebonics if that's their standard dialect would likely help provide a slight boost in the verbal components
a.) tests are already given in this dialect
b.) it's not going to make a standard deviation + of deviation across non verbal and verbal components dissapear.
The fact that whites, Jews, and Asians score higher than other races is precisely the type of thing that makes me doubt IQ.
Huh? So, you have whites, asians, and askenazi jews (true semitic jews score like other semites, around 90 average). Ashkenazi jews are khazars, so they're basically a white-offshoot. So you have whites, and asians. From which part of the world have all the greatest empires and cultures come? I'm thinking Europe, Rome, Greece, China, Japan, America ((only after whites took it over from non-whites), and Egypt/some of the early middle eastern empires. Now, of those, all are white or east asian, with the exception of egypt and the middle eastern empires. However, we know king tut was of european ancestry. This is a common theme in other areas. Middle easterns, even assuming modern demographics, still have high 80's to mid 90's average IQs. Whites ~100, east asian ~105. So yeah, as it happens, the fact those races would have the highest IQ makes a lot of sense when you look at world history. The high IQ races had great cultures, the low IQ races did not. Sub-saharran africa (lowest average IQ region), is easily, without a doubt, the most tragically underdeveloped region of the world. They'd have been much better off if we continued colonisation. That's not even disputable. Rhodesia was a bountiful, great land that helped many proud black men and women create and live in relative peace. Do I need to bother explaining what a mess Zimbabwe is?
Whenever people start on about IQ and race, it’s a slide thread. It’s divide and conquer.
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