Differences in intelligence matter. For
members of the cognitive elite to maintain otherwise is like the rich arguing
that money does not matter. Differences in g affect the lives of individuals
and families. They help shape the social order and limit our ability to reshape
it (Gottfredson, 1985, 1986b; Gottfredson & Sharf, 1988).
Much social policy has long been based on the false presumption that there
exist no stubborn or consequential differences in mental capability. Worse than
merely fruitless, such policy has produced one predictable failure and side
effect after another, breeding widespread cynicism and recrimination. Educators
routinely overpromise and schools, accordingly, consistently disappoint.
Welfare reformers do not take seriously the possibility that today’s labor
market cannot or will not utilize all low-IQ individuals, no matter how
motivated they may be. Civil rights advocates resolutely ignore the possibility
that a distressingly high proportion of poor Black youth may be more
disadvantaged today by low IQ than by racial discrimination, and thus that they
will realize few if any benefits (unlike their more able brethren) from
ever-more aggressive affirmative action. Virtually everyone is capable of
living productive, fulfilling lives in which they contribute to the general
welfare of their communities. However, protecting and enhancing that potential
requires us to appreciate its greater vulnerability to disruption among lower
IQ individuals.
From a study entitled
"Why g Matters: The Complexity of Everyday Life" by Linda
Gottfredson. There are essentially three factors that determine what a society
will be like. The first is average IQ. The second is the level of trust. And
the third is religion.
Note that two of those factors are genetic and heritable.
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