Edit: I thought the tone of this article was initially too paranoid and uncharitable, so most of the schizothoughts have been edited out. The fact that Hanania is pushing for a political frame or set of policies that I view as factually or morally wrong should not be viewed as an abnormality, rather it is quite banal. Political disagreement is the norm, not the exception.
Yes definitely. Who tells the emperor to his face that he's naked? The smart way is the Asian way: Pretend you're totally confused about why the emperor's lips are turning blue considering how warm and well-tailored his clothes are.
Sorry but I can't take it seriously if someone really thinks that IQ scores in Africa are in the 60-70 range...that would mean that most people there are mentally challenged...
--Non-White voters drag down the Democrats, so when looking at only Whites the left has a consistent lead in intelligence, but it’s pretty small. However, it is true that extreme liberal Whites are the smartest group with a mean of 107 IQ versus their counterparts extreme conservative Whites with a mean of 98.5, close to a 10 IQ gap.
-- Conservative/right-wing parties won in many countries since 1980. You should consider all world not only USA. Examples: Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, India, Russia.
1. I only posted the results within White voters for that reason. Extreme conservatives and extreme liberals have a decently large difference in intelligence, though that perspective is reductive for two reasons. First, it fails to consider that many libertarians are also right wing but not necessarily "conservative" (conservative =/= right wing), and differences between groups are exaggerated by looking within groups.
2. Those countries are on different civilizational and cultural paths. The American right has been constantly losing ever since 1920.
1. He specifically claims that the "online right" is low IQ. He is likely referring to Breitbart boomer types who would fall into the "extremely conservative" category. The IQ gap between these types and the liberal/extremely liberal NPR listeners is more than 10 points, which is quite substantial.
2. I also think it is unfair to use libertarians to shore up the right's IQ, because H*nania has said that he agrees with libertarians on almost everything. So when he talks about the online right he is specifically referring to the populist, Trumpist right.
1. I guess this is an interpretation error - I assumed he was referring to dissident right/frogtwitter types on twitter who are maybe ~105-110 IQ on average.
Good pushback. Thoughts on this: https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/the-east-asian-package/comments? I feel like it’s better to explicitly state things rather than troll like that.
Oh, that? I thought that was hilarious, personally.
Yes definitely. Who tells the emperor to his face that he's naked? The smart way is the Asian way: Pretend you're totally confused about why the emperor's lips are turning blue considering how warm and well-tailored his clothes are.
Great article! I thought his take on the MSM was atrocious but the one about anonymity is so bad I wonder if he is saying it in good faith.
Sorry but I can't take it seriously if someone really thinks that IQ scores in Africa are in the 60-70 range...that would mean that most people there are mentally challenged...
You ignored something:
--Non-White voters drag down the Democrats, so when looking at only Whites the left has a consistent lead in intelligence, but it’s pretty small. However, it is true that extreme liberal Whites are the smartest group with a mean of 107 IQ versus their counterparts extreme conservative Whites with a mean of 98.5, close to a 10 IQ gap.
https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/2023/02/conservatives-arent-stupid/
--Conservatism is really unclear and variable thing. American Conservatives arent like Afghan conservatives.
-- More conservative countries have high fertility.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irreligion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependencies_by_total_fertility_rate
-- Conservative/right-wing parties won in many countries since 1980. You should consider all world not only USA. Examples: Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, India, Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidesz#:~:text=Fidesz%20is%20currently%20a%20right,described%20as%20right%2Dwing%20populist.
1. I only posted the results within White voters for that reason. Extreme conservatives and extreme liberals have a decently large difference in intelligence, though that perspective is reductive for two reasons. First, it fails to consider that many libertarians are also right wing but not necessarily "conservative" (conservative =/= right wing), and differences between groups are exaggerated by looking within groups.
2. Those countries are on different civilizational and cultural paths. The American right has been constantly losing ever since 1920.
A couple of points to defend H*nania:
1. He specifically claims that the "online right" is low IQ. He is likely referring to Breitbart boomer types who would fall into the "extremely conservative" category. The IQ gap between these types and the liberal/extremely liberal NPR listeners is more than 10 points, which is quite substantial.
2. I also think it is unfair to use libertarians to shore up the right's IQ, because H*nania has said that he agrees with libertarians on almost everything. So when he talks about the online right he is specifically referring to the populist, Trumpist right.
I agree with your other points.
1. I guess this is an interpretation error - I assumed he was referring to dissident right/frogtwitter types on twitter who are maybe ~105-110 IQ on average.
2. Fair enough
> He is likely referring to Breitbart boomer types who would fall into the "extremely conservative" category.
The online right is not happy to be lumped in as one group. There are significant differences in political stance "on the right".
> 2. I also think it is unfair to use libertarians to shore up the right's IQ,
I agree. Libertarians are not on the right.
Great post.