tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post393338088018244276..comments2024-03-22T15:55:34.030-04:00Comments on Evo and Proud: Why is IQ declining in the Arab world?Peter Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-45530945989358069082024-01-15T18:10:12.286-05:002024-01-15T18:10:12.286-05:00Lovely blog you hhaveLovely blog you hhaveMargo McCabehttps://medium.com/@margo_91311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-35111668961335060952018-09-09T15:11:44.345-04:002018-09-09T15:11:44.345-04:00@sykes.1, most of the black men were sterilised (e...@sykes.1, most of the black men were sterilised (enuchry) so left no descendants. How common were female 'kaffirs' in the slave trade? I doubt that they were sterile, but my guess is the demand for men was higher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-44605481916257362512018-09-09T09:41:55.714-04:002018-09-09T09:41:55.714-04:00Cousin marriage and Negro immigration (usually as ...Cousin marriage and Negro immigration (usually as bought slaves) have been going on for hundreds of years in the Muslim Middle East and likely predate Islam by many hundreds of years, maybe many thousands. Any study that focuses on post WW II events misses the whole problem.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-86597864256376461372018-08-10T01:51:35.020-04:002018-08-10T01:51:35.020-04:00You are right, the current wave of outmigration of...You are right, the current wave of outmigration of Africa is a general trend and it is hitting harder Arab countries with terrestrial borders. In all places, Africans just walk in and stay. On the other hand, they may reduce the average IQ and per capita GNP, but they improve the life of the established elite. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676167615981895061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-87467180393723656312018-08-09T02:17:53.617-04:002018-08-09T02:17:53.617-04:00About the Simber effect: If that is correct it wou...About the Simber effect: If that is correct it would make inbreeding depression an unlikely cause of the low Arab IQs. Same with sub-saharan admixture. One would have to bet that it is mostly due to different selection pressures. Also, it would be very interesting to look for a Simber effect in other muslim populations. I don't think the Turks show something like that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-253434611255729912018-08-08T09:43:41.767-04:002018-08-08T09:43:41.767-04:00Anon, the Russians usually consider Iran to be in ...Anon, the Russians usually consider Iran to be in Central Asia, not the Middle East/Levant. Probably this has to do with the nation's position on the Silk Road and the past extent of Iranian languages around that region.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-43041517333783721872018-08-08T09:07:00.210-04:002018-08-08T09:07:00.210-04:00Why is Iran considered an Asian country and Iraq, ...Why is Iran considered an Asian country and Iraq, Jordan and Palestine aren't? Makes no sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-53992921715005171182018-08-07T12:17:24.050-04:002018-08-07T12:17:24.050-04:00Those are some very interesting facts. I wish thes...Those are some very interesting facts. I wish these in- and decreases by age and the std dev of different populations were centrally collected like the mean IQ scores. <br /><br />About the Flynn effect: Roughly, our brain does three things: Bottom up (spatial) pattern recognition, lateral sequence handling, and top down framing aka understanding. Pattern recognition ability is amenable to just having more pattern recognisers i.e. a larger brain. The other two abilities are much more restrained by the ability to quickly create synapses etc. Average brain size has increased by more than a standard deviation in the last century or so. The Flynn effect has operated on tests of pattern recognition and hasn't really touched sequence handling test, like verbal ability or digit span. That's why I'm pretty sure that the Flynn effect is a direct effect of brain size increases. If better test taking ability were the main cause, it should be possible to emulate the Flynn effect in intervention studies. But that doesn't seem to be possible. I don't think the Flynn effect is hollow, but spatial pattern recognition doesn't seem to be very important in most aspects of life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-40520559299464108592018-08-07T05:41:14.989-04:002018-08-07T05:41:14.989-04:00The civic nationalists & Western advocates won...The civic nationalists & Western advocates won't like the implications of this: it is non-Europoid (black) immigrants who have decreased the IQ of Europoid (white) Moslem countries, and Western values actually weaken their elites?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-32577363264379345212018-08-06T15:12:58.782-04:002018-08-06T15:12:58.782-04:00Re Mr Khaleefa, intelligent people will tend to le...Re Mr Khaleefa, intelligent people will tend to leave such countries, and according to Paul Collier emigration of the most intelligent starts a vicious circle.Seannoreply@blogger.com