Jayson_Virissimo comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

80 Post author: Yvain 07 December 2012 09:04PM

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 05 December 2012 01:03:46PM 3 points [-]

Actually it is quite good (even for an "advanced country") if you compare the test scores of, say, Swedes and Swedish-Americans rather than Swedes and Americans as a whole.

Comment author: Swimmer963 05 December 2012 02:32:24PM 2 points [-]

I wonder what that's controlling for? Cultural tendencies to have different levels of work ethic?

Comment author: Peterdjones 05 December 2012 08:10:33PM 1 point [-]

Hmmm. So it's "good" but people with the wrong genes are spoiling the average somehow.