[ExI] Impressive book: Farewell to Alms

Aleksei Riikonen aleksei at iki.fi
Sat Feb 2 07:39:59 UTC 2008


On Feb 2, 2008 7:02 AM, hkhenson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:
> It makes a case for intense genetic selection leading up to the great
> leap of the industrial revolution that allowed England and a small
> number of other countries to escape the "Malthusian Trap." and it
> makes a case for why this didn't come about in other parts of the
> world and isn't likely to.

Would his argument being correct imply that we should find higher
average IQs in Caucasian populations than in e.g. East Asian
populations?

In actuality, East Asian populations seem to have higher average IQs...

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