tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post5442273719791827460..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Class, brains and incomeSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-40851044376084796512012-02-29T18:48:07.997-05:002012-02-29T18:48:07.997-05:00Where does education fit into all this, since both...Where does education fit into all this, since both class and IQ affect academic credentials which affect income.Iamexpertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9326395513678083242012-02-29T17:50:56.980-05:002012-02-29T17:50:56.980-05:00To be honest RKU, I appreciate your argumentative ...To be honest RKU, I appreciate your argumentative zest and have enjoyed your many epic clashes with readers of Dennis Mangan's blog. Of course, given the fact that you're probably a few SD above most of Mangan's readers in intellectual ability, many of these battles are fairly one-sided. Nevertheless, what some might refer to as obsessive quarrelsomeness, I prefer to describe more as Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-56866510443279967382012-02-29T16:47:08.088-05:002012-02-29T16:47:08.088-05:00This would be more useful if it tracked multiple v...This would be more useful if it tracked multiple varbiables. How do poor smart kids do vs rich smart kids. Or rich dumb kids vs smart poor kids. Or how about showing how it works at the high end (+2SD thru +4SD kids that make up most of the people reading this blog).Davidhttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_YDZBHXLLMKKWHQUFAJFBARCWTYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16031250289481262712012-02-29T16:09:47.018-05:002012-02-29T16:09:47.018-05:00Well, it's true that I frequently infuse my re...Well, it's true that I frequently infuse my remarks with a considerable amount of dry humor or satire, which certainly might be regarded by some as snideness or sarcasm. But I don't think my moniker crops up in too many endless tit-for-tat exchanges.RKU1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15108312542542298752012-02-29T12:46:48.051-05:002012-02-29T12:46:48.051-05:00Is there any system that discourages obsessive whi...Is there any system that discourages obsessive white nationalists/neo-Nazis from infesting every single Steve Hsu thread on affirmative action on here? I'm guessing probably not...Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10388942833979167792012-02-29T12:38:49.281-05:002012-02-29T12:38:49.281-05:00Well, personally I really dislike "nested&quo...Well, personally I really dislike "nested" commenting systems such as this one, since they usually make it quite inconvenient to follow discussions past about 70 comments. But the one positive is that since each reply is substantially indented, the system discourages obsessively quarrelsome individuals from going more than 7 or 8 layers deep in their tit-for-tat insults and exchanges..RKU1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77903186438177709612012-02-29T12:06:59.332-05:002012-02-29T12:06:59.332-05:00I don't want to ban anyone, but aren't you...I don't want to ban anyone, but aren't you guys at the point where you could easily imitate each other (i.e., as in pass a Turing test)? <br /><br />Maybe you can exchange a FAQ-like point by point exchange (using google docs) so that everyone on the internet can access your combined wisdom and decide for themselves? :-)<br /><br />Then on a comment thread you can just say: "This wassteve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-40985460661934204342012-02-29T00:12:28.423-05:002012-02-29T00:12:28.423-05:00No need for a pit area, because all you need is......No need for a pit area, because all you need is...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4p8qxGbpOkYan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86565098774105855872012-02-28T23:52:26.251-05:002012-02-28T23:52:26.251-05:00Or Mr. Hsu could just ban us both, that would be f...Or Mr. Hsu could just ban us both, that would be fair. In any case I promise not to engage Yan Shen any more. tractalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-83909714677427923262012-02-28T23:16:30.171-05:002012-02-28T23:16:30.171-05:00Hmmm, this blog may need a "pit" area wh...Hmmm, this blog may need a "pit" area where personal squabbles can be resolved :) bottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-49507554759189673752012-02-28T23:14:16.387-05:002012-02-28T23:14:16.387-05:00I thoroughly enjoy all the snarky comments here ri...I thoroughly enjoy all the snarky comments here ridiculing liberal blank slatist egalitarians. I mean, what else can you do but laugh at them at this point? <br /><br />We have tons of empirical data that would seem to indicate average differences in intelligence among populations, and that this difference is largely grounded in genetics and plays a significant role in determining life outcomes. Miley Cyraxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-80023542259672587612012-02-28T22:29:54.482-05:002012-02-28T22:29:54.482-05:00"When I clarified that is very possible a ..."When I clarified that is very possible a 'striver' effect relative to G comes out nonetheless through differential educational experience, you seemed to not understand the point."<br />"Not really. I suggested that you had the arrow of causation reversed."<br />Ok, but you should see that this kind of binary hardline thinking leads to an obviously unreasonable tractalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-80757910509338986852012-02-28T22:09:13.659-05:002012-02-28T22:09:13.659-05:00"When I clarified that is very possible a ..."When I clarified that is very possible a 'striver' effect relative to G <br />comes out nonetheless through differential educational experience, you <br />seemed to not understand the point."<br /><br />Not really. I suggested that you had the arrow of causation reversed.<br /><br />"When I brought up the surprisingly high Asian performance on SAT-V, you <br />posited thatYan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-28431010231507239702012-02-28T21:57:20.892-05:002012-02-28T21:57:20.892-05:00 Just because I insulted you for being a not very ... Just because I insulted you for being a not very bright paranoid-obsessive ethnic chauvinist doesn't mean I lost an argument. Talking to you is a waste of time. You do not have the ability to think logically, let alone fairly. You misunderstand or miss-characterize consistently, you are extremely tendentious in every case, you make sweeping racial generalizations constantly, no matter how tractalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-92186283291325589342012-02-28T20:32:36.908-05:002012-02-28T20:32:36.908-05:00 I'm surprised that you still bother commentin... I'm surprised that you still bother commenting here. You completely lost an argument, realized that you were on the losing end of the argument, and then for lack of anything better to say, completely snapped and lashed out at me for no apparent reason with an incredibly childish and juvenile insult. Do you have any shame? Are you not embarrassed by your behavior in the least bit?<br /><br />Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-32098162594934910772012-02-28T17:08:18.099-05:002012-02-28T17:08:18.099-05:00There is evidence of diversity at, and above, the ...There is evidence of diversity at, and above, the neck: substantia nigra, ligamentum flavum, sclera, red nucleus, white matter and (for the middle easterners) the sella turcica. Redhttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_B6VCJLTWVJ75RSDYIDAAA74SNYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1706262085282166612012-02-28T16:57:41.598-05:002012-02-28T16:57:41.598-05:00***IIRC (from some earlier work), controlling for ...***IIRC (from some earlier work), controlling for IQ (AFQT score) in this dataset (NLSY) eliminates almost all the earnings differential between blacks and whites.***<br /><br />http://personal.lse.ac.uk/Kanazawa/pdfs/MDE2005.pdfbottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79068723913988335082012-02-28T16:41:33.756-05:002012-02-28T16:41:33.756-05:00Aren't most genes expressed in the brain?Aren't most genes expressed in the brain?Jeffer Jhttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_WADSITAJWDFEJU3TKJOFY54BWYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81880360750565644672012-02-28T16:29:53.264-05:002012-02-28T16:29:53.264-05:00Everyone agrees that humans are evolved and biolog...Everyone agrees that humans are evolved and biologically diverse. The reasonable question is whether this process stops at the neck. tractalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79113064356986659242012-02-28T15:06:18.315-05:002012-02-28T15:06:18.315-05:00Biological diversity is for plants and birds and b...Biological diversity is for plants and birds and bacteria, silly. Humans are completely different. Redhttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_B6VCJLTWVJ75RSDYIDAAA74SNYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-56340216423653236682012-02-28T12:42:40.388-05:002012-02-28T12:42:40.388-05:00I am deeply offended by this information. What'...I am deeply offended by this information. What's next, people going around saying that human biology is not a social construct? Sam Hhttp://profiles.google.com/samh550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-67732977290997348752012-02-27T22:39:58.309-05:002012-02-27T22:39:58.309-05:00I think it has already been proven beyond a reason...I think it has already been proven beyond a reasonable doubt we have a meritocracy. The only thing left to do is prove it to the unreasonable; not very likely the racism-industrial complex will give up their meal tickets.<br /><br />The battle should have ended after:<br /><br />Science 328, 710 (2010);Richard E. Green, et al.A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal GenomeRobert Buttonshttp://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Buttons/100003246187732noreply@blogger.com