Category Archives: IQ

Talmud & Math Skills

When Jews begin acknowledging the simple fact that they have relatively high IQ or relatively superior math skills, is this a baby step for the Overton Window? David Kirsch ruminates on the role Talmudic scholarship may have played in developing … Continue reading

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The Looming Imperial City

In a post where he notes a state-level correlation between average IQ & average credit rating, AE writes: The more intelligent the population, the more smoothly things run. Keep this in mind as leftists continue to clamor for the unfettered … Continue reading

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The Guardian: “Racism is creeping back into mainstream science – we have to stop it”

In The Guardian, Angela Saini is freaking out that more scholars are acknowledging that ‘reality group differences based on IQ’ is a thesis worthy of exploration. “‘Scientific’ eugenics is on the rise, and grabbing a foothold in respected journals,” reads … Continue reading

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Acknowledging Aspects of ‘Race Realism’ ≠ Nazism

As I have noted on this site on several different occasions (and through a long-form piece in Counter-Currents titled “The Red Pilling of Rod Dreher”), I take Rod Dreher to be a shining example of the limits of Civic Nationalism … Continue reading

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Jared Taylor: Let’s Break a Taboo

Hurry up and watch JT’s video on dysgenics and eugenics, as YouTube has shut down another incarnation of it. (YouTube presents a deceptive “This video can’t be played here” message first, intended to dissuade people from watching, but simply then … Continue reading

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Richard Haier: The Neuroscience of Intelligence

Jared Taylor reviews the new book The Neuroscience of Intelligence by Professor Richard Haier of the University of California at Irvine.

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Right All Along

From “Why I Write about Race and IQ” by Robert Verbruggen: In A Dream Deferred, Shelby Steele wrote that it would have “far-right and, I have to say, even fascistic ideological implications” if genes contributed to the black–white IQ gap. … Continue reading

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The First 52 Genes Identified

AFP (via Yahoo News) reports on a new study establishing an initial confluence of genes correlated with IQ: Paris (AFP) – Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of 52 genes linked to human intelligence, 40 of which have been identified … Continue reading

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“Is the Bell Curve Scientific Racism?”

Paste magazine (?) has a piece which asks “Is The Bell Curve Scientific Racism?”: Scientific American revisited The Bell Curve last month in the wake of Murray’s recent return to the spotlight. Although data shows an average lower IQ in Black people than … Continue reading

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A Primer on Black Intelligence

In response to this article about how archaeologists have digitally reconstructed the face of a medieval man who died 700 years ago, commentator “Robbie” has what is probably the best encapsulation of HBD findings on black underperformance I’ve yet seen. … Continue reading

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