I have actual scientific data to back this up.
Human intelligence is highly heritable. Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v16/n10/abs/mp201185a.html The scientific consensus is that IQ tests are not racially biased. Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289608000305 Very poor Whites are about as intelligent as very wealthy Blacks. Source: http://www.jbhe.com/features/49_college_admissions-test.html Privately, intelligence experts hold more hereditarian views than they express in public. Source: http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1994egalitarianfiction.pdf#page=3 Black children raised in White households have similar IQ scores to Black children in Black households. Source: http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1977-07996-001 The average African IQ is estimated at 75. Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886912003741 The average African-American IQ is 85, compared to the average White IQ of 100. Source: http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997mainstream.pdf#page=2 The White-Black gap in SAT scores, a proxy for IQ, is increasing. Source: http://www.jbhe.com/features/49_college_admissions-test.html Genes for large brains, linked to high IQ, are common everywhere except Africa. Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115040765329081636 Intelligence has a 40-50% genetic basis. Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/10/news/la-heb-genetic-study-intelligence-20110809 IQ scores are the best predictor of success in Western society. Source: http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PPPL1.pdf#page=2 IQ is 75% heritable among Whites. Source: http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PPPL1.pdf#page=2 The average Hispanic IQ is 90. Source: http://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOPSYJ/TOPSYJ-3-9.pdf The average IQ in Sub-Saharan Africa is 70. Source: http://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOPSYJ/TOPSYJ-3-9.pdf The average IQ in southeast Asia is 87. Source: http://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOPSYJ/TOPSYJ-3-9.pdf The heritability of IQ reaches .8 (80%) in later adulthood. Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html Intelligence “is one of the best predictors of important life outcomes such as education, occupation, mental and physical health and illness, and mortality.” Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html Intelligence is the most important trait for marriage. Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html Heritability of IQ increases throughout life (except for very old age). Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html The Black-White IQ gap is mostly heritable. Source: http://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOPSYJ/TOPSYJ-3-9.pdf Higher IQ is linked to lower time preference. Source: http://www.yale.edu/scan/Shamosh_inpress_Intelligence.pdf The IQ of a country’s rulers largely determines productivity and wealth. Source: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/57563/ Intelligent people are more likely to be physically active outside of work and to eat fruits and vegetables. Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html Everyday life is an IQ test. Source: http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997whygmatters.pdf “Intelligence and ability are personal traits that are stable over time and that the role of effort in academic performance is limited.” Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514000831 Stereotype effect explains a just “small to medium” amount of group differences in IQ. Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514000831 A meta-analysis concludes that stereotype threat predicts 3.3 IQ points of group differences in intelligence. Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514000831 There is pervasive publication bias in research claiming that “stereotype threat” is responsible for group differences in intelligence. Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514000831 When corrected for publishing biases, the impact of stereotype threat is statistically indistinguishable from zero. Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440514000831 The world’s thirty least intelligent countries (except for Haiti) are all in sub-Saharan Africa. Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8492613&fileId=S1832427400010045 Haiti, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Guatemala and Qatar are the least intelligent countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8492613&fileId=S1832427400010045 Colder climates selected for higher IQ populations by imposing more complex survival requirements. Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8492613&fileId=S1832427400010045 Higher IQ is linked to more democracy. Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8492613&fileId=S1832427400010045 IQ is the best known predictor of job performance for all studied occupations. Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijsa.12069/abstract Intelligence can be measured directly from brain scans, without tests of any sort. Source: http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.4135.html The average criminal has an IQ of 85. Source: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/21st-century-criminology-a-reference-handbook/book232189 Most if not all psychological traits are substantially influenced by genetics. Source: http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/13/4/148 IQ scores predict life outcomes equally well for different races. Source: http://www.vdare.com/articles/indians-arent-that-intelligent-on-average Muslim counties have an average IQ of just 81, 7.5 points lower than non-Muslim countries. Source: http://mankindquarterly.org/archive/paper.php?p=647 Arab countries have an average IQ of just 84. Source: http://mankindquarterly.org/archive/paper.php?p=647 Skin color is the best biological predictor of IQ. Source: http://mankindquarterly.org/archive/paper.php?p=647 Nearly every reliably measured psychological trait, especially IQ, is significantly influenced by genetic factors. Source: http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/13/4/148 Smarter people are more cooperative than dumb people. Source: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/255-2015_proto.pdf#page=2
History disagrees. No im not going through two days worth of articles before keeping the same opinion.
The people currently at the very top of the food chain and through all history rarely got there through pure intelligence. It was money, family, and social status that put them there. One could argue intelligence can get those things but the difference between the extreme examples of those who were born with and those who earned it during ones life without a lucky chance are hardly comparable.
If you want to talk about world revolutionary intelligence then thats another story. Wait for AI to advance for that one though.
The IQ of a country’s rulers largely determines productivity and wealth. Source: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/57563/
The world’s thirty least intelligent countries (except for Haiti) are all in sub-Saharan Africa. Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8492613&fileId=S1832427400010045
Colder climates selected for higher IQ populations by imposing more complex survival requirements. Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8492613&fileId=S1832427400010045
IQ is the best known predictor of job performance for all studied occupations. Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijsa.12069/abstract
IQ scores predict life outcomes equally well for different races. Source: http://www.vdare.com/articles/indians-arent-that-intelligent-on-average
Feudal Britain had eugenic natural selection for rich individuals. Source: http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/papers/JEH2006.pdf#page=16
Immigration will reduce the average IQ of countries and lead to the collapse of Western civilization. Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886911001073
Intelligence “is one of the best predictors of important life outcomes such as education, occupation, mental and physical health and illness, and mortality.” Source: http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v20/n1/full/mp2014105a.html
I’d say intelligence is pretty important
It has its value.
I have life experience
Checkmate, you can put your copypasta where it belongs; on a dusty library shelf
Your life experience is anecdotal which makes it a logical fallacy. I could spend my whole life in Japan and not know anything about California. Doesn’t mean that I know more than a person who grew up in California who is younger than me
Ok you to play kid?
Let's play.
Let's put you in a cage fight against a 6ft tall 254 lbs dumb ass nigger, and let's see how long you'll survive with your superior intelligence.
I give you 30 secs, given that you can run that long to begin with
You want another example? It's may 7 1954, you're part of the french expeditionary corps dropped over dien bien phu, and you're the smartest kid around
Now what? You think just because you're the smartest kid you have the highest odds of survival?
Laughable
Is this a real reply. Like do you think youve made a point that is anything other than a proof that you understand nothing?
You both fail to consider the context
Your superior intelligence is only useful in a setting where intelligence is key
You fucking pseudo intellectuals are jokes, life isn't academia nor a controlled environment
Does a scientist use life experience or trials when coming to a conclusion ? Yes one might be wise in a lot of areas but that doesn’t mean they know everything
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