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Do you actually have a (link to a) serious argument as to how his IQ statistical reasoning is wrong?

To the extend I read it back in the day, along with his book Statistical Consequences of Fat Tail, it seemed plausible. I've learned enough statistics back in uni to be extremely skeptical of any social science statistics, and I'm about 90% confident Charles Murray (where most of this stuff comes from) is a grifter.
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Siphiwe 1y ago

Hopefully there will be a day when people don't need to drown at sea trying to escape poverty. The IQ arguments laid out by Peter are so hurtful and offensive to read but I respect his freedom to speak his mind. The migration issue is a hard one and I can understand why people from the west are fed up with it but saying people are low IQ and they deserve to die is just sad to read. But I am not the creator of the universe, so I have to accept that people will believe and say hurtful things in the open and that they should be free to do so. I appreciate your empathy in how you are exploring this topic. ✊️

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Sjors Provoost 1y ago

Sometimes the truth hurts and it's useful to have offensive people saying it out loud.

Sometimes saying the truth is not useful. In that case I would call it impolite, but not wrong.

And sometimes offense things are just wrong or at least founded on junk science. Fortunately we don't have an algorithm here to boost that latter category disproportionately, but people have made entire careers out of a they-don't-let-me-say-this Schpiel. Social media algorithms love that, hopefully Nostr doesn't amplify it.

Right to speak goes without saying.