tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post4099680627252839013..comments2024-03-29T11:16:57.507+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: A fascism of statisticsJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-50879273151497340832009-10-29T23:06:45.519+00:002009-10-29T23:06:45.519+00:00I remember discussing IQ tests with a friend who ...I remember discussing IQ tests with a friend who is a doctor. We were both, at the time, members on MENSA which I think has an entry of 140 IQ, based on a test.<br /><br />His IQ was 160!!! (mine nothing like that).<br /><br />He reckoned however that passing an IQ test meant only one concrete thing.... You were good at passing IQ tests...<br /><br />Simples!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-65153923069824767122009-10-28T04:31:17.645+00:002009-10-28T04:31:17.645+00:00i remember an analysis som eyears ago whereby the ...i remember an analysis som eyears ago whereby the iq of white people fell below the national average set at 100.<br /><br />the outcome was predictable, those that came from strong nuclear indian families where education for boys and girls was important scored very highly, and those that came from non nuclear black single parent families with little parental influence scored appallingly.<br />this was not 101 or 102, it was 107 for the indians and less than 90 for the black community. truly awful.<br /><br />if one looks at colour and geography, there was a huge difference in the results for girls between the hindu, moslem and bangla communities. so religion and the failure to push women as far in moslem communities as in hindi communities meant that girls did less well. <br /><br />therefore i question the issue of an iq test relating to intelligence per se.<br />it simply means one has had more opportunity to learn, to be tutored and mentored, and those learned skills can be tested in these examinations.<br />if one really wanted to question the relevance of iq, the fact girls in some asian communities scored highly and others very low means the problem of girls being held back has transgressed the move for these communities into britain from asia.<br /><br />on the positive side, the fact that the whites are not the most intelligent should be noted, as that kinda removes griffin's superiority complex.<br /><br />it does however reinforce the sterotype that the afro caribbean community as a whole is an intellectual embarassment, in much the same way it is in the states.<br />lose the PC attitude and accept this for what it is. it does not mean black people are less intelligent, but it does mean that without the opportunity to succeed they will not use that intellect to rise above the lower areas of society.<br /><br />in both countries there are too many young black men in jail, or men who avoid the role of fatherhood and marriage altogether, doing little to help their children in their formative years.redcliffe62noreply@blogger.com