Epiphany comments on Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 21 August 2013 01:29:47AM 1 point [-]

Conversely, I can't think of any applications for which tying IQ to race is useful. Would you name three examples?

Well, seeing an unknown man approaching you at night, granted this is more about criminality than IQ but the correlation is the same.

Also thinking about whether affirmative action and the desperate impact doctrine are reasonable ideas.

Comment author: Epiphany 21 August 2013 04:30:17AM -2 points [-]

Well, seeing an unknown man approaching you at night

Actually, it is far more prudent to avoid a stranger approaching me at night, regardless of his race - depending on the environment I am in.

If he is approaching from a dark alley, I will head away from him, whatever his race. If he approaches me at a party full of friends, I will speak to him.

The crime statistics are not so incredibly different for blacks and whites that you can simply trust all of the whites.