Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

he might put forth an argument about relaxed selection leading to an accumulation of deleterious mutations (which presumably lower IQ and would be disfavored if selection weren't relaxed), but that would require him to actually know something about evolution

also, he'd be ignoring the flynn effect (IQs have increased over time), which operates much faster than mutation accumulation does

Literally misunderstands which basic tenets? I myself have effectively only ever quickly glanced but he seems more than capable in the basics.

1/2 he also parrots bad theory about r/K selection (which is mostly outdated: biologists talk about life history strategies instead), and he exhibits two forms of "panglossian" thinking. panglossianism is the idea that things as we observe them are evolutionarily optimal.

Just because biologists talk about life history strategies that doesn't make r/k selection itself outdated. The language these people use is based on their target audience. Also can you be specific about where he exhibits this "panglossian" thinking.