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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Tell that to a girl who ended up with a 4 incher.
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Or a 14 incher, for that matter.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
My question though isn't if it is an idiotic thing to say. Its easy to argue its an idiotic thing to say for a lot of reasons.
My question is, is it an idiotic thing to say, even if its true?
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I don't think it's idiotic. It lacks tact, certainly.
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Originally Posted by sapiens
There are reputable studies done by reputable researchers at reputable schools and published in reputable peer-reviewed journals. I don't have time to give you examples right now. Off the top of my head, the National Longitudinal Study of Youth is one reputable data set. The raw data is available, but what would you do with the raw data? And how would double-blinding help? Most IQ tests are administered via a paper/pencil test. The outcome data is objective and demographic. Plus, this is all correlational research, not experimental.
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Double blind helps to keep people honest. I'd want to see how the study was done to ensure fairness and reliability of the numbers and to give the outcome proper context.
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Originally Posted by sapiens
I don't particularly care whether self-identified members of one ethnic group score differently than self-identified members of another ethnic group, but my experience with people of many races is irrelevant - personal experience is not aparticularly good source of data.
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It was more of an off hand ascertain (or guess) than anything else. I really have no clue.
Speaking briefly to the IQ test, assuming you have people who have similar backgrounds and cultural influences of different races are tested, and then having more and more of that, it's not unreasonable to think the data may be reliable. Yes, the IQ test is not the end all be all of measures of intelligence, but it's one of the best tools we have.