Intelligence research and political science.| www.sebjenseb.net
verbal ability > mathematical ability > > > spatial ability| sebjenseb
Intelligence research and political science.| www.sebjenseb.net
Only 15-20% of the >125 IQ American adult population went to an elite university| sebjenseb
Causation from mental health to conservatism is not off the table, however| sebjenseb
I started to suspect talent beat hard work when I started following esports again, most pros had more or less the same story: they got to a high rank (>98th percentile) after 6-24 months of playing and thought about going pro after they got good. If they started playing before the age of 16, they got better as they matured, and entered the highest rank by the time they were 20. Some players who took breaks, even long ones, could get to the top 200 of the ladder within a few weeks of playing. | sebjenseb
Intelligence research and political science.| www.sebjenseb.net
Some online have adopted the “Heartiste view” of sexual modernity, that a small number of men are slowly monopolizing access to most of the women. Heartiste himself was a great talent, but the people who imitate him are not; this was one of his blind spots. Statistically1, sexual inequality in the United States is rising:| sebjenseb
80% of people in the 90th percentile of attractiveness/health/childhood health/mental stability/height/intelligence are more right wing than the average person.| www.sebjenseb.net
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true correlation between intelligence and lifetime wealth is 0.5| sebjenseb
