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Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? — LessWrong

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A few days ago, the Nobel Laureate, Dr. James Watson, made a remark that is now generating worldwide uproar, especially among blacks.  He said what to me looks like a self-evident truth.  He told The Sunday Times of London in an interview that in his humble opinion, black people are less intelligent than the White people... An intriguing opening.  Is Idang Alibi about to take a position on the real heart of the uproar? I do not know what constitutes intelligence.  I leave that to our so-called scholars.  But I do know that in terms of organising society for the benefit of the people living in it, we blacks have not shown any intelligence in that direction at all.  I am so ashamed of this and sometimes feel that I ought to have belonged to another race... Darn, it's just a lecture on personal and national responsibility.  Of course, for African nationals, taking responsibility for their country's problems is the most productive attitude regardless.  But it doesn't engage with the contro

x Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? — LessWrong IQ and g-factor Frontpage 83 Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? by Eliezer Yudkowsky 26th Oct 2007 3 min read 515 83 Idang Alibi of Abuja, Nigeria writes on the James Watson affair: A few days ago, the Nobel Laureate, Dr. James Watson, made a remark that is now generating worldwide uproar, especially among blacks. He said what to me looks like a self-evident truth. He told The Sunday Times of London in an interview that in his humble opinion, black people are less intelligent than the White people... An intriguing opening. Is Idang Alibi a

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