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[–]FediNetizen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You, the guy who insists that socioeconomics has no significant impact on life outcomes, and who supports this argument with web articles talking about the fact that genetics matter, have no business pontificating about "hard research". And it's only contrast with the people who you typically interact with in your alt-right bubble that "socioeconomics matters a lot" is an extremist position.

[–]Zahn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Intelligence has the greatest impact on socio-economic status and subsequent life outcomes. You're as usual, making excuses and choosing to be wilfully ignorant of an obvious cause-effect. Those web articles outline unbiased research which you still can't apparently comprehend because you have reached a forgone conclusion, and are immune to common sense. Instead relying on a leftist narrative that conflates socio-economics as the single most defining factor in life outcomes.

Tldr: You are lazy at research and expect Snopes to spoonfeed you low Iq rebuttals.

[–]FediNetizen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Intelligence has the greatest impact on socio-economic status and subsequent life outcomes.

You see this is actually fine. I know intelligence is important. It could very well be the single most important. As written above, I wouldn't have taken issue.

It's just that you instead took a different position, one that you appear to have given up defending: that differences in intelligence between races explains the vast majority of disparity in life outcomes. That position was what I found objectionable, and your belief that it was a scientifically sound position delusional.

[–]Zahn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

that differences in intelligence between races explains the vast majority of disparity in life outcomes.

If certain races/ethnic groups maintain an average and predictable intelligence, it will follow that this intelligence predicates an average socio-economic, and life outcome. Exceptions and outliers apply everywhere, yet on average is true.

I found objectionable

You have an emotionally invested interest in this, which often doesn't lead to sound conclusions. It's important to ask ourselves why we have an emotional attachment to a belief, and what would it mean if that were changed.

I used to think like you too. I was exposed to the same narrative. I saw too many incongruencies and patterns via experiential knowledge. And I objectively went looking for the answer. I didn't find what I wanted to find, and I didn't like it, but the pieces fit...almost perfect. What I found was certainly "closer to the truth" than the explanations that were forced into our heads our whole lives.

Despite you being a cringe tier redditor, I still like you well enough, Fedi. When you're trying, I appreciate your generally well thought out responses.