Sowell is a very smart man. His book Wealth, Poverty, and Politics is excellent and I recommend it to all intellectuals I come across (a rarity these days). But even in that book, he is a partial apologist for blacks, explaining that despite having a 30,000 year head start on Europe, the reason Africa is still so far behind is because of geography, e.g. non-navigable rivers and no good natural harbors, geography that he claims Europe has a distinct advantage with. While these facts may be true, if you exchanged the entire population of white Europe with the entire population of black Africa today, what would happen? In 50 years Europe would be a wasteland, and Africa would be prosperous, you can bet on it. So, sorry Mr. Sowell, Genetics & IQ >>> geographic disadvantages.
Thomas Sowell is an economist, not a sociologist (0:40) and also the discussion of I.Q. and heritable traits is an extremely, extremely dicey subject for black people in the United States.
I got pretty disappointed with Thomas Sowell when I saw him making theses basic mistakes about IQ and realized he is too intelligent for making such mistakes....but a realize he became a political pundit of the republican party and cannot be really independent, so he covered it. So this makes more hopeless with the future of the west.
Thomas Sowell is highly regarded, if not revered, for his erudite knowledge of history and opinions on the major social matters of the day. I hate to see that he is not taking as principled a position on the question of IQ as he has on many other important issues.
I listened to that, thought it was an excellent interview. Naturally he's allowed to get away with murder because he's a living legend, but he's a renowned economist, not sociologist.
He's 93 and has just written another book, so you have to cut him some slack.
of that slack part, why not journos skip their slack and find someone in their prime, some 40yo black academic. With quotas and all, shouldnt be hard to find these days. We all get sloppier with age, even smartest people.
The West was on track to out-innovate every other continent by 1500AD. Also, in a 1940s study of black kids with outlier high IQ, all of the children came from the North. (Sorry, can't find the study link right now, but I'll look for it.) The researchers speculated about why this was so but reached no definite conclusions. Integrating schools (Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954) has not improved the educational achievement of black children. We are not allowed to talk about why. If Harvard admitted based on merit, black students would be 1%< of each undergraduate class instead of 16%. SCOTUS recently overturned Affirmative Action, but if you ask me the damage has been done and can be seen in the ever-worsening competence crisis.
I follow a lot of US economists and confirm what you say. In fact the drive is on in the black community to have segregated schools and universities, as it is found that blacks who attend all black schools and colleges do better. Why? Because the teacher or lecturer can go at the pace of the average student and so they don't fall behind and become discouraged.
I admire Sowell a great deal but he does have some blind spots. As we all do. One oddity is his explanation for why africa did not develop in the way other continents did. He claims this is to do with the geography, not enough navigable rivers or ports and other aspects of the physical environment. I have always felt this was very unpersuasive. And that he was looking to explain something that he did not want to relate to iq.
Sowell is a very smart man. His book Wealth, Poverty, and Politics is excellent and I recommend it to all intellectuals I come across (a rarity these days). But even in that book, he is a partial apologist for blacks, explaining that despite having a 30,000 year head start on Europe, the reason Africa is still so far behind is because of geography, e.g. non-navigable rivers and no good natural harbors, geography that he claims Europe has a distinct advantage with. While these facts may be true, if you exchanged the entire population of white Europe with the entire population of black Africa today, what would happen? In 50 years Europe would be a wasteland, and Africa would be prosperous, you can bet on it. So, sorry Mr. Sowell, Genetics & IQ >>> geographic disadvantages.
I say sterilize them all using the free market, no govt funds needed: https://childfreebc.com/candidates/
lol “50 years”, try less than 1 year
Thomas Sowell is an economist, not a sociologist (0:40) and also the discussion of I.Q. and heritable traits is an extremely, extremely dicey subject for black people in the United States.
I got pretty disappointed with Thomas Sowell when I saw him making theses basic mistakes about IQ and realized he is too intelligent for making such mistakes....but a realize he became a political pundit of the republican party and cannot be really independent, so he covered it. So this makes more hopeless with the future of the west.
Thomas Sowell is highly regarded, if not revered, for his erudite knowledge of history and opinions on the major social matters of the day. I hate to see that he is not taking as principled a position on the question of IQ as he has on many other important issues.
I listened to that, thought it was an excellent interview. Naturally he's allowed to get away with murder because he's a living legend, but he's a renowned economist, not sociologist.
He's 93 and has just written another book, so you have to cut him some slack.
of that slack part, why not journos skip their slack and find someone in their prime, some 40yo black academic. With quotas and all, shouldnt be hard to find these days. We all get sloppier with age, even smartest people.
There aren't any, that's why. Sowel wasn't one in his 40s, he became well known in the 1980s after writing "Knowledge and Decisions"
Ed, this might be a good video to share on Twitter. I know JF has been using clips of his shows on Twitter to significantly increase his exposure
The West was on track to out-innovate every other continent by 1500AD. Also, in a 1940s study of black kids with outlier high IQ, all of the children came from the North. (Sorry, can't find the study link right now, but I'll look for it.) The researchers speculated about why this was so but reached no definite conclusions. Integrating schools (Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954) has not improved the educational achievement of black children. We are not allowed to talk about why. If Harvard admitted based on merit, black students would be 1%< of each undergraduate class instead of 16%. SCOTUS recently overturned Affirmative Action, but if you ask me the damage has been done and can be seen in the ever-worsening competence crisis.
https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/notable-people-in-science-europe
I follow a lot of US economists and confirm what you say. In fact the drive is on in the black community to have segregated schools and universities, as it is found that blacks who attend all black schools and colleges do better. Why? Because the teacher or lecturer can go at the pace of the average student and so they don't fall behind and become discouraged.
The IQ effect fades as age progresses. My understanding is that NO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR CAN BOOST IQ.
I admire Sowell a great deal but he does have some blind spots. As we all do. One oddity is his explanation for why africa did not develop in the way other continents did. He claims this is to do with the geography, not enough navigable rivers or ports and other aspects of the physical environment. I have always felt this was very unpersuasive. And that he was looking to explain something that he did not want to relate to iq.
I like thomas sowell. Obviously his conclusion of the evidence is wrong in this one single case. Nevertheless he is a great researcher and insightful.
I like thomas sowell. Obviously his conclusion of the evidence is wrong in this one single case. Nevertheless he is a great researcher and insightful.
I like thomas sowell. Obviously his conclusion of the evidence is wrong in this one single case. Nevertheless he is a great researcher and insightful.
I like thomas sowell. Obviously his conclusion of the evidence is wrong in this one single case. Nevertheless he is a great researcher and insightful.
Is there any evidence that black children adopted by white parents have higher european admixture than average?
Good work
"Moreover" one can tell you've been listening to sowell.