10th January 2020, 1:01 PM
Right up front, the video I'm about to embed is titanic in size, that is it's practically as long as the movie Titanic.
Also, it's about the book "The Bell Curve".
I've probably lost you already, but hear me out. Most of you probably already know that book as a piece of racist eugenics propaganda that modern racists trot out as their holy tome. This video goes in depth and tells you every argument the book makes as well as the evidence presented for it. It reveals that the authors aren't themselves geneticists and thus lack expertice necessary to inform their conclusions. It reveals they also didn't conduct any of the studies they source. It also reveals a number of fundamental issues in all their sourced studies, from their biggest study having been conducted in aparteid South Africa to studies authored by someone who flat out states the studies are worthless to studies that indicate the opposite of what they state they do. It also reveals the origin and funding behind the book, exposing the obvious but denied truth that this IS in fact racist propaganda, and it is not "brave".
And it reveals one more thing. The style of this book is to pretend to believe moderate and egalitarian things regarding race and IQ and their connection to prosperity, but then just run right ahead and argue as if they had stated and proved the oppsite. Whenever someone says "aha you didn't read the book here's a quote where they point that out too!" to your counter argument, just point out that they not only contradict themselves, they did it on purpose to disguise what they really believe is true, what they would HAVE to believe is true in order to propose the horrible eugenics policies they present.
And if you actually watched all that, and you're like me, you probably never want to hear about "The Bell Curve" ever again. Neither do I, but in the event someone tries throwing it at you in some argument online now you've got a quick link to toss at them so you can just ditch the argument.
Also, it's about the book "The Bell Curve".
I've probably lost you already, but hear me out. Most of you probably already know that book as a piece of racist eugenics propaganda that modern racists trot out as their holy tome. This video goes in depth and tells you every argument the book makes as well as the evidence presented for it. It reveals that the authors aren't themselves geneticists and thus lack expertice necessary to inform their conclusions. It reveals they also didn't conduct any of the studies they source. It also reveals a number of fundamental issues in all their sourced studies, from their biggest study having been conducted in aparteid South Africa to studies authored by someone who flat out states the studies are worthless to studies that indicate the opposite of what they state they do. It also reveals the origin and funding behind the book, exposing the obvious but denied truth that this IS in fact racist propaganda, and it is not "brave".
And it reveals one more thing. The style of this book is to pretend to believe moderate and egalitarian things regarding race and IQ and their connection to prosperity, but then just run right ahead and argue as if they had stated and proved the oppsite. Whenever someone says "aha you didn't read the book here's a quote where they point that out too!" to your counter argument, just point out that they not only contradict themselves, they did it on purpose to disguise what they really believe is true, what they would HAVE to believe is true in order to propose the horrible eugenics policies they present.
And if you actually watched all that, and you're like me, you probably never want to hear about "The Bell Curve" ever again. Neither do I, but in the event someone tries throwing it at you in some argument online now you've got a quick link to toss at them so you can just ditch the argument.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)