tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post2557440458914380330..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Slumdog brainpowerSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-76113953177236911212014-01-31T16:29:28.357-05:002014-01-31T16:29:28.357-05:00Dear Stephen,
What is your sense of the mean IQ ...Dear Stephen,<br /><br /><br />What is your sense of the mean IQ and SD of China's population?Harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-90164850182528213592010-09-30T19:25:21.263-04:002010-09-30T19:25:21.263-04:00I've heard that people in China, in addition t...I've heard that people in China, in addition to being extremely intelligent, are also extremely hard working. This combination of both intelligence and conscientiousness apparently irks quite a few of Steve Sailer's readers. One commenter by the name of Dave even stated that working hard was a form of, get this, dishonesty. :) I wonder how much he had to donate to Steve Sailer's Yan Shennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77322321163799644782010-09-28T23:46:57.668-04:002010-09-28T23:46:57.668-04:00Height is harder to measure than you might think, ...Height is harder to measure than you might think, but incomparably easier to measure than intelligence.anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-30595471913402140732010-09-28T18:43:59.156-04:002010-09-28T18:43:59.156-04:00When the Indians start making cheap plastic stuff!...When the Indians start making cheap plastic stuff! ;)worf77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1429913566129993202010-09-28T15:16:54.203-04:002010-09-28T15:16:54.203-04:00Well the Indians I've seen who are born in Nor...Well the Indians I've seen who are born in North America, seem to be just as tall as North American whites (I had a young Indian doctor who was 6'6") and often seem to be way taller that their parents who were born in India, so my anecdotal impression is that Indians have the genetic potential to be about as tall as whites, but I could be wrong. And since nutrition based gains in Catpersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-78163425536947828992010-09-28T14:46:40.737-04:002010-09-28T14:46:40.737-04:00I think anon's point is a fair one. You're...I think anon's point is a fair one. You're assuming, without citing evidence, that the mean heights of different populations will be identical if nutritional differences are neutralized. Even if it were, there's no reason to expect cognitive functioning to be equally responsive to changes in nutrition levels, or for said responsiveness to nutritional level change to not interact with ABCDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-31109357980220754062010-09-28T12:49:35.276-04:002010-09-28T12:49:35.276-04:00A few questions for the author of that comment:
I...A few questions for the author of that comment:<br /><br />I've heard from others before that southern India is doing better than the north. Do you have any guesses about the causes of that? Was this true under the British earlier in the 20th century? Was this true 300 years ago? 500 years ago? I've also heard that Gujarat - a northern state - is doing quite well. What do you think Glossyhttp://lazyglossophiliac.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-75327745350240261372010-09-28T12:44:09.461-04:002010-09-28T12:44:09.461-04:00I don't know if young Dutch men really are tha...I don't know if young Dutch men really are that tall, but yes, nutrition in white America is still sub-optimum which is why we continue to see the Flynn Effect even in 21st century America, even though the effect has ended and even reversed in parts of Europe.Catpersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63228160281623289242010-09-28T01:07:32.856-04:002010-09-28T01:07:32.856-04:00And young Dutch men are on average over 1,83 m tal...And young Dutch men are on average over 1,83 m tall - is malnutrition holding white America back?!anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-38250749481591608802010-09-27T22:45:19.302-04:002010-09-27T22:45:19.302-04:00So when will China stop making cheap plastic stuff...So when will China stop making cheap plastic stuff? :-)Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-75771876383285162572010-09-27T13:05:21.354-04:002010-09-27T13:05:21.354-04:00unrelated article on china and western music:
ht...unrelated article on china and western music: <br /><br />http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JL02Ad01.htmlABCDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-20979777976192662252010-09-27T09:27:15.708-04:002010-09-27T09:27:15.708-04:00Malnutrition is really holding India back. The av...Malnutrition is really holding India back. The average young man in India is only 5'5", compared to 5'10.5" for young white men in the U.S. Assuming roughly equal genetic height, this implies that malnutrition has impaired Indian height by over 2 SD. If malnutrition has also impaired Indian IQ by 2 SD, we might expect to see average IQ there rise from 82 to 112, though an Catpersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71243821866245919582010-09-26T23:31:32.532-04:002010-09-26T23:31:32.532-04:00It would be interesting to get IQ numbers from you...It would be interesting to get IQ numbers from your IIT-Princeton acquaintance's firm. When do you expect an update on that?ABCDnoreply@blogger.com