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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Do you believe Ashkenazi Jews, on average, have higher IQ due to their genes? A: Yes B: No, but it's possible IQ and race are sometimes correlated elsewhere C: No, and IQ and race are never correlated D: IQ isn't real or is meaningless
  • A: Yes
    45.1%
  • B: No, but can be correl
    26.9%
  • C: No, can't be correl
    11.3%
  • D: IQ isn't real
    16.7%
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@tailcalled
yeah i reworded it to be casual but then ran into an issue - with causal phasing it was hard to clarify that it was the *genes* inside the race, not the race itself, so i gave up and went back to correlated
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Leigh Cuen
@La__Cuen
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@Aella_Girl
As an Ashkenazi Jew, my brother has a weird theory. His theory is many people with lower IQs were killed in previous generations (pogroms, Holocaust, etc). Plus, we're a highly literate group, culturally speaking, so we perform well on certain types of tests. 🤔
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Steven Willcox
@StevenWillcox2
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@Aella_Girl
I believe that IQ and Race are not correlated. However the culture in which you were born can have an influence on your upbringing and overall IQ. And different races tend to have different cultures on average. So its tricky
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BbopBobella
@adella_lindsey
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@Aella_Girl
IQ measures a very socially constructed set of aptitudes that require certain kinds of education, context and practice. It isn't meaningless, because it does measure that particular set of aptitudes in certain contexts that are valued in this society, but limited
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