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BWS92082's avatar

It would be unwise at present to, in effect, merge the anti-woke movement with the "race-realist" movement and declare as foundational the belief that genetically-based racial disparities in important traits such as intelligence have been established as empirical facts.

One can argue that the weight of the evidence suggests there may be a genetic component, but claiming that a genetic cause has actually been scientifically proven goes further than the evidence warrants, and this idea is certainly not actionable at this point.

Instead of requiring strict hereditarianism, the anti-woke movement should accept the following two ideas: 1) that important trait differences between groups do exist for reasons other than racism (including but not necessarily limited to culture, nutrition, etc.) and 2) that genetics is a valid potential cause of individual and group differences that should be open to scientific exploration.

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Radim Podhorský's avatar

I don't believe that incendiary ideas need be spread in order to stop illiberal actions by the institutions. One way is to have people stop being focused about the racial categories (as in the long-time official policy of France). Another is to just acknowledge that some people may not be fit for an intellectual life, and provide ways of decent living for those with lower IQ. I am aware that these may not be realistic or effective in the views of Cofnas or many people

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