Human intelligence seems to be correlated with living in hierarchical societies as in civilizations and the effects of enforced disciplined behavior. Those cultures that lived in civilizations with stricter behavioural norms tend to have higher IQs.Starting with the highest IQs, the Far Easterners (Mongolians, then Chinese et cetera) lead, then South Asians (Indians, et cetera), Ashkenazi Jews, and then Europeans.
The problem can be corrected. There is as yet no way to reliably raise the IQ of a cohort but IQs can be lowered on an individual basis. Outpatient transorbital prefrontal lobotomies were performed in psychiatrists' offices from the early part of the twentieth century, and a Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for the procedure in the mid-twentieth century. It relieved depression and reduced activity that could risk suicide.
In addition it reduced IQ and increased aggressiveness, both of which could bring the higher-IQ cohorts to the level of lower IQ folks. If employed widely enough, it could ameliorate the systemic basis for racism.
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ReplyDeleteThe underlying problem is not so much a paucity of melanin, but associated condinions, in particular the distribution of intelligence among various cohorts.
ReplyDeleteHuman intelligence seems to be correlated with living in hierarchical societies as in civilizations and the effects of enforced disciplined behavior. Those cultures that lived in civilizations with stricter behavioural norms tend to have higher IQs.Starting with the highest IQs, the Far Easterners (Mongolians, then Chinese et cetera) lead, then South Asians (Indians, et cetera), Ashkenazi Jews, and then Europeans.
The problem can be corrected. There is as yet no way to reliably raise the IQ of a cohort but IQs can be lowered on an individual basis. Outpatient transorbital prefrontal lobotomies were performed in psychiatrists' offices from the early part of the twentieth century, and a Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for the procedure in the mid-twentieth century. It relieved depression and reduced activity that could risk suicide.
In addition it reduced IQ and increased aggressiveness, both of which could bring the higher-IQ cohorts to the level of lower IQ folks. If employed widely enough, it could ameliorate the systemic basis for racism.