“White is black, day is night, there are no IQ differences among ethnic groups.”
Tag Archives: Science and Genetics
The Assault on Truth Continues, PJ Media
Conservatives More Likely than Liberals to Identify Mixed-Race Individuals as Black, NYU Study Finds, Health Canal
They are more willing to apply the “one-drop rule.”
Mutations in Susceptibility Genes Common in Younger African American Women with Breast Cancer, Medical Xpress
Genes help explain blacks’ higher risk for breast cancer and lower survival rates.
Researchers have found genes that account for 2 percent of the variation in school achievement.
About That Dissertation, National Review
“I don’t apologize for any of my writing.”
Should Research on Race and IQ Be Banned?, Scientific American
Should the magazine be called “Scientific” American?
In Defense of Jason Richwine and Charles Murray, Washington Examiner
The truth of racial differences in IQ pulls the rug from under “affirmative action.”
Bill says “the word ‘race’ has no scientific validity. . . .”
Race and IQ. Again., The Dish
23 Harvard student groups want Richwine’s dissertation condemned, even if its claims are true.
The Victorians Were Smarter than Us, Study Suggests, Telegraph (London)
Study author says it’s due to the proliferation of less favorable genes.
How to Spot a Murderer’s Brain, Guardian (London)
One scientist as tried, but his findings are denounced as “racist and ideologically motivated.”
Not Africans, as some have claimed.
Heritage Was Wrong, National Review Online
Invertebrate accuses fellow invertebrate of spinelessness.
How Europeans Are One Big Family, Daily Mail (London)
We’re more genetically similar than once thought.
Migration Mystery: Who Were the First Americans?, New Scientist
According to one theory they were Europeans.
Size and activity of hippocampus may be related to math-learning ability.
Debunking the IQ Myth, Medical Xpress
Study author says we should be wary of “reports of population differences in IQ.”
Working Class Babies Need Talking To, Telegraph (London)
If parents talk to their children it will eliminate the race gap in achievement.
Ethnic Differences in Responses to Multiple Experimental Pain Stimuli, University of Hawai'i
Study finds blacks have a lower pain threshold than whites.
The Mind of a Con Man, New York Times
Professor famous for “racism” research made up data for dozens of studies.
As many as one in three Brits carry genes for red hair.
Why Did European DNA Suddenly Change 4,000 Years Ago?, Daily Mail (London)
There was a major genetic shift but researchers don’t understand the cause or the consequences.
Is Race Perception Automatic?, BBC Future
Most of the time, race is an automatically salient category.
Dartmouth iQBS Researchers Help Discover Three Unique Gene Variants That Influence Body Size and Obesity in People of African Ancestry, Geisel School of Medicine
Blacks have a greater genetic predisposition than whites to be fat.
Common DNA Markers Can Account for More Than Half of the Genetic Influence on Cognitive Abilities, Psychological Science
Genetic evidence that smarts are heritable.
Scientists Find Ethnicity Linked to Antibodies, Medical Xpress
Antibody studies need to take race into account.
Dispatch from the AR Conference.
How Gang Members Behave Like Animals, and Maths Experts Are Now Predicting Where They Will Fight Rivals with 99% Accuracy, Daily Mail (London)
Police departments could begin using the model, originally developed for animal predators.
The Chinese want to become smarter and healthier.
You have to look back 338,000 years to find a common ancestor between his and other known human Y chromosomes.
Students are very interested in their own genomes.
White men with higher testosterone are more likely to express “racist” sentiments.
Leading Geneticist: Human Intelligence Is Slowly Declining, Natural Society
Blame is placed on gene mutations and food intake, but what of global demographics?
A Genetic Code for Genius?, Wall Street Journal
Beijing Genomic Institute expects to have found genes for intelligence in three months.
Are the races just a bit different after all?
World Could Face Outbreak of ‘Virtually Untreatable’ TB After Deadly Strain Is Discovered in South Africa, Daily Mail (London)
Another gift from the Third World.
Circus freak’s body welcomed home to Mexico.
Double Trouble for Marseille Police Hunting Serial Rapist as DNA Turns Up Identical Twins, Telegraph (London)
Our guess is they are both guilty.
When Did Humans Come to the Americas?, Smithsonian
Some researchers say Europeans made the trek more than 20,000 years ago.
Where Evil Lurks: Neurologist Discovers ‘Dark Patch’ Inside the Brains of Killers and Rapists, Daily Mail (London)
If the “patch” is present in a young person, the odds are he will become a felon.
Digging Deep in the DNA, New York Times
Of mouse behavior–for now.
DA Proposes DNA Testing for New Citizens, Daily Press
A good start.
How to Survive a Siberian Winter, Science Mag
Scientists find genetic differences help some groups survive in the cold.
Thawing Out the Neanderthals, Takimag
They would have a strong case for reparations.
How Scientists Could Use Brain Scans to Detect Whether You Are a Racist, Daily Mail (London)
Hand-held scanner to be developed soon?
Wanted: ‘Adventurous Woman’ to Give Birth to Neanderthal Man—Harvard Professor Seeks Mother for Cloned Cave Baby, Daily Mail (London)
“Jurassic Park”-like effort could revive the long-extinct species.
A practical application for genetic similarity theory.
The Secret to Being a Great Leader? It’s in Your Genes, Researchers Say, Daily Mail (London)
But we thought evolution stopped below the neck . . .
Science follows political fashion.
Arthur Jensen, Telegraph (London)
Persecuted professor always stood by his views.
