[ExI] The downsides of high IQ

Rafal Smigrodzki rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com
Tue Apr 21 05:03:39 UTC 2015


On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 4:04 PM, rex <rex at nosyntax.net> wrote:


> This is a statistical property of normal distributions that has
> nothing to do with the particular trait being measured.
>
> http://www.nosyntax.net/cfwiki/index.php/IQ_vs_male/female_ratio
>
> Bottom line, if groups differ in mean and SD of IQ, and if some occupations
> select for high IQ, then disproportionate representation is expected to
> occur
> even in the absence of discrimination.


### Hey, beware, mentioning this hatefact could get you booted from work,
if you are a Harvard president :)

Rafal
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