Therefore this fact should be removed in the normalization.
Perhaps, but it doesn't follow that the new normalization should be Gaussian. One test I'd like to see is what happens when you give a test calibrated for one population to a different one.
If the test is normalized for a population A, then if we give it to a population B, the results don't have to be Gaussian. The normalization occurs only once, when the relationship between the raw scores and the IQ values is defined. Later the existing definition can be reused.
You would get somewhat different shape when you a) calibrate the test for population A and then measure population B, or b) calibrate the test for A+B and then measure population B.
Probably the most correct way to compare two populations would be to skip the normalization step and ju...
A long blog post explains why the author, a feminist, is not comfortable with the rationalist community despite thinking it is "super cool and interesting". It's directed specifically at Yvain, but it's probably general enough to be of some interest here.
http://apophemi.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/why-im-not-on-the-rationalist-masterlist/
I'm not sure if I can summarize this fairly but the main thrust seems to be that we are overly willing to entertain offensive/taboo/hurtful ideas and this drives off many types of people. Here's a quote:
The author perceives a link between LW type open discourse and danger to minority groups. I'm not sure whether that's true or not. Take race. Many LWers are willing to entertain ideas about the existence and possible importance of average group differences in psychological traits. So, maybe LWers are racists. But they're racists who continually obsess over optimizing their philanthropic contributions to African charities. So, maybe not racists in a dangerous way?
An overly rosy view, perhaps, and I don't want to deny the reality of the blogger's experience. Clearly, the person is intelligent and attracted to some aspects of LW discourse while turned off by other aspects.