Kingreaper comments on [SEQ RERUN] Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 October 2011 05:20:21PM 5 points [-]

How did the subject come up? I have never ever heard this subject discussed outside of two contexts:

The question under discussion is "What can't we say?"; or

One of the interlocutors feels it's important to take civil rights away from people.

Well, since this is the first reference in this thread to "What can't we say?", which of the commenters would you say "feels it's important to take civil rights away from people"?

But seriously, you should get out of the habit of assuming sinister motives of people who disagree with you.

Comment author: Kingreaper 12 October 2011 09:22:58PM *  1 point [-]

Ummm, Eliezer Yudkowsky's post, on which this discussion is based, is about "What can't we say?" ie. why can't we say there are racial differences in IQ.

So this thread doesn't seem to be evidence against Nisan's statement.