How accurate are these 2023 IQ numbers for American ethnic groups?

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[–]AlphixNational Socialist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Issue 1: It says that a white American mixing with a Asian American results in higher IQ than average white IQ and average Asian IQ. That makes zero sense.

No, it makes sense. When mixing genetics, the blend will often have the best of both. For example, dog breeds: Breed a dog breed known to have weak eyes with a breed of dog known to have problems with their ears, and the hybrid will tend to have greatly decreased problems with BOTH eyes and ears.

Issue 2: How does Central & South American have an IQ of 94.7 when White Cuban have an IQ of 91.78? Don't Central & South Americans have less European genetics and more Amerindian genetics than White Cubans?

You seem to forget that South Americans still carry the genetics of the people who created the Macchu Picchu and pyramids, for example. Sure, their civilization has been destroyed, but they still carry those genes. Those guys knew about the structure of the solar system 1,500 years ago, long before white man. White Cubans are also in a communist regime, which seriously tamps down on mental development. Initiative is something that gets really hampered and discouraged in communism, which means that any individual drive for self-betterment is going to be severely curtailed. I think that would diminish IQ scores markedly.

Issue 3: Shouldn't Indian-Americans have the highest IQ? Their median household income is the highest compared to other ethnic groups. Higher IQ means higher income. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income

They're CORRELATED but that doesn't mean there's a perfect relationship. Actually, past a certain level, IQ probably means less money as the mind is more interested in higher, more mental pursuits than purely material ones.

I think IQ is a good measure of intelligence, but an inadequate measure of the superiority of the white race. We are superior because we invent and create new science, new technology, even new paradigms. Nobody else does this. Even the high IQ Koreans and Japanese don't invent much at all. They are excellent at refining processes but not at developing new ones. Sadly this creative drive of the white race doesn't get captured in the IQ measurement, for it is a "data processing" measurement of mental capacity, rather than of capacity for CREATION.

[–]8thmonitor[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Issue 1: What about when Korean & Japanese and White mix? It results in 106.65 IQ which is between Korean & Japanese 110.05 IQ and White 100 IQ.

Issue 2: Oh I get it. Thanks.

Issue 3: True. It is strange because Indian-American median income is so high. I expected them to have highest IQs.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Issue 3: True. It is strange because Indian-American median income is so high. I expected them to have highest IQs.

Given the average IQ for Indians overall is around 78, it'd make sense that the initial high IQ of Indian immigrants would regress to the mean over time. What's interesting is that second gen Indian-Americans tend to make significantly less money than their parents on average, which may suggest IQ already having peaked among this group.