Democratic Presidential Debate

[xerx]

Who says I don't? The reassertion of local & regional affiliations would no doubt be healthier. I agree with you that nation-states are an arbitrary construction.

OK, but what do you mean by healthier?

[mfckrz]

OK, but what do you mean by healthier?

↑ Localization, ↑ Decentralization, ↑ Optionality, ↑ Antifragility

[xerx]

↑ Localization, ↑ Decentralization, ↑ Optionality, ↑ Antifragility

WRT to antifragility: mixed-race children have higher IQ

[mfckrz]

WRT to antifragility: mixed-race children have higher IQ

That doesn't say what you think it does, has nothing to do with mixed race.

It's about avoiding cousin marriage—Europeans and East Asians have had various proscriptions against it since ancient times. No doubt part of why their IQs are higher than everybody else.

Certain SNPs related to higher intelligence also exist in those populations with much greater frequency—especially relative to Subsaharan Africans. Mix an SSA with any higher-IQ person and resulting offspring's IQ will be lower than the latter.

[xerx]

That doesn't say what you think it does, has nothing to do with mixed race.

It's about avoiding cousin marriage—Europeans and East Asians have had various proscriptions against it since ancient times. No doubt part of why their IQs are higher than everybody else.

Certain SNPs related to higher intelligence also exist in those populations with much greater frequency—especially relative to Subsaharan Africans. Mix an SSA with any higher-IQ person and resulting offspring's IQ will be lower than the latter.

No, it says exactly what I think it does. The study was explicitly testing for outgroup intermixing. They found that the effect was greater the more distantly-related the parents were.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...xtensive-study

[mfckrz]

No, it says exactly what I think it does. The study was explicitly testing for outgroup intermixing. They found that the effect was greater the more distantly-related the parents were.

No. Mixing a 90 IQ person with a 140 IQ person will not result in a 150 IQ child. That's not how any of this works.

Genetic distance is only desirable to a point—i.e., not marrying your cousins reduces mutational load. Beyond that threshold you risk losing valuable SNPs.

[xerx]

No. Mixing a 90 IQ person with a 140 IQ person will not result in a 150 IQ child. That's not how any of this works.

Genetic distance is only desirable to a point—i.e., not marrying your cousins reduces mutational load. Beyond that threshold you risk losing valuable SNPs.

Science disagrees, dude.