...they understand where breaking a taboo like this is likely to lead.

This is one taboo that needs more than a few flimsy IQ tests to justify overturning. I'm astonished that so many Jewish writers can buy into this dangerous rubbish, simply because it flatters them.

Today it flatters you, tomorrow in all likelihood it will be used against you. That's how bad ideas work. People with _true_ natural intelligence understand...

Re: I'm astonished that so many Jewish writers can buy into this dangerous rubbish, simply because it flatters them.

I must disappoint you. Contrary to your belief ,Jewish writers don't act in accord. They haven't conspired to present a single front. They are individuals who can think and write whatever each one of them wants. Some Jewish writers believe in the equality myth and some Jewish writers don't. Jewish writers differ from one another just as much as other people do. Jewish writers are as human as everyone else.

Contrary to your belief, being smarter or dumber than others is a fact of nature. There is nothing to be either proud of or ashamed of.

I wonder what you mean by "people with "_true_natural intelligence"?

What I mean is that IQ tests don't measure natural intelligence -- they measure a few simplified intellectual tasks. They're the worst sort of test, in that they have a rough correlation over a fairly small range. Just (barely) enough accuracy to mislead, but not enough to inform.

True natural intelligence involves a lot of subtle skills, being able to spot bad ideas is one of them...

Truly, IQ tests are nothing but a crude tool for lazy education bureaucrats, and anyone who reads more into them than that is a fool regardless of their IQ scores.

And those who build elaborate theories on them are dangerous fools -- dangerous to themselves as well as others. Once society has accepted an easily measurable genetic link to intelligence, what other 'proofs' can be made regarding various cultures and classes.

Suppose you are right and IQ tests don't measure natural intelligence. How do we then explain different achievements of population groups? Why do Chinese and Jews achieve no matter what society they live in and what discrimination (short of annihilation) is practiced against them? Why do some populations don't achieve in the modern society no matter what country or continent they live on? I don't speak of individual achievement, but average group achievement.

Should we suspect high-achieving groups of conspiracy and cheating to stay on top? Or should we suspect low-achievement groups of conspiracy and cheating to stay on the bottom?

So far, IQ test has been the best tool we have to predict professional achievement in modern society. However, it is illegal as a hiring tool. Only U.S. Military uses IQ tests for new recruits. So far, the predictive power of IQ test for our military has proven highly effective.

But then again, maybe they buy into it because it is right... and because they are more intelligent.

Lines of reasoning, man: no untying that Gordian knot except with the swift blade work of off-the-wall speculation.