Geist on Nostr: I am skeptical there could ever be a study for 2 or 3 that could account for every ...

I am skeptical there could ever be a study for 2 or 3 that could account for every reasonable factor. Your only stated point in 4 is that there is a genetic component to IQ, of course, I never said there wasnt, I said culture defines people not race; culture influences IQ, if a kid doesn't study their IQs trend downwards, then back up when they do study; I said IQ leads to lower violence, not that it was the only factor, my dogs are pretty low IQ and wouldn't bite someone breaking into my house to kill me. 1 falls flat on the limitations of 4, the lack of point outside of brain size=IQ, and the limited view of intelligence it provides; women score higher in many cognitive tests despite having smaller brains on average.

There are genetic predispositions that can be roughly identified, but how those are expressed is up to the individual, under a culture of victimhood the same testosterone can lead to aggression as it leads to leadership or drive in a culture of responsibility. Regardless of how anyone wants to narrowly define intelligence or IQ or any of this, I stand by my original point that outcomes are cultural, I've never seen someone IRL coming from a good home become a menace. Will they self select into different fields or act different, on average? Sure, but that doesn't matter in the context that I care for, where people need to be different to perform different roles in society most efficiently, if everyone were like meeee then we'd all probably starve, we need people to have different dispositions, so long as they are expressed in a value add manner, influenced by culture.