Comments on: Why can’t we talk about IQ? https://www.isegoria.net/2013/08/why-cant-we-talk-about-iq/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 06 Sep 2026 23:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bill https://www.isegoria.net/2013/08/why-cant-we-talk-about-iq/comment-page-1/#comment-931315 Bill Sun, 18 Aug 2013 19:02:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32511#comment-931315 The idea that there are ANY objective characteristics like IQ that can be accurately assigned to groups (like ethnic groups or genders) is extremely threatening to women, blacks and Hispanics. If ANY statement contrary to the ‘all persons are created equal’ doctrine is left standing, the entire feminist and affirmative action program is threatened. Since women/blacks/Hispanics constitute about 65 percent of the population, no company, publisher, university or government agency will ever acknowledge such characteristics.

Amusingly, the affirmative action program actually depends upon the idea that women, blacks and Hispanics DO share an ‘objective characteristic’: they are victims! And this characteristic gets them out of any problems caused by any other deficiencies that they might have.

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