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At around 45 minutes FdB states that "fat tails" theory (is this a synonym for the "greater male variability hypothesis"?) predicts men should score higher on g-loaded tests than women, but doesn't it rather predict that the distribution of male scores would have higher standard deviation that that of women?

I.e. (to use IQ scores as a simple example) there are relatively more men scoring 70 and 130 than women, which can be true even if the average score for women is higher than the average for men? If so then that part of his argument doesn't really establish anything against said theory/hypothesis.

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CuriousJorge's avatar

Why is "turning conservatives against Orbán" such a bad thing, Richard? Do you have a professional investment in this sentiment?

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