<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:46 AM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 26 October 2015 at 19:43, Dan TheBookMan wrote:<br>
> I see that he cites Lynn and Vanhanen in the index, but I've yet to read the<br>
> book -- or the work of Lynn and Vanhanen for that matter. :)<br>
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Scott Alexander has a detailed book review out and is pretty skeptical<br>
about the theme of the book.<br>
Also many comments after the review.<br>
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<<a href="http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/12/08/book-review-hive-mind/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/12/08/book-review-hive-mind/</a>><br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### I don't think he makes a good point against the book. He uses a picked example (South Africa and Japan) to make the difference between individual and country IQs and incomes look smaller, and complains about the book not dealing with the direction of causation between IQ and incomes. Neither criticism is powerful - picking samples is a poor way of building an argument and the direction of causation is covered in other publications.</div><div><br></div><div>Jones bent over-backwards to downplay the implications of his work for US and European immigration, doubtless to avoid being Watsoned for telling inconvenient truths but the data he provides speak for themselves. </div><div><br></div><div>Obviously, an IQ test should be the prime tool of any immigration policy aimed at increasing general welfare. Pity the US Govt forbade IQ testing in most situations.</div><div><br></div><div>Rafał</div></div>
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