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677 points saeedjabbar | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.704s | source
1. brentis ◴[] No.23545710[source]
So I get there are not a lot of black CEOs. Unsure what this means or the cause. As a board member I want the smartest and most talented person to run my business with low risk. Quantify that. Also, I'm confused when I hear that only 7% of tech jobs are black people, but 70% of basketball and football teams are black. Yet regardless 10% of population is black. Scientifically speaking... Given facts on IQ, we are probably most racist against Asian CEOs in US as they have the highest IQs on avg (106), followed by Jewish people, then Caucasian (97). This group is supposedly enlightened and factual - so...
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2. brentis ◴[] No.23545893[source]
Quoted the IQs Incorrectly. Reference:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...

3. ipnon ◴[] No.23546542[source]
Even assuming mean IQ is significantly variable among different populations, it would still be normally distributed. We would thus expect to find many millions of geniuses from all corners of the globe, with powers of reasoning possibly far exceeding your own.
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4. brentis ◴[] No.23546876[source]
You are not making an argument here. Regardless of what you are trying to say, proven test results and would not skew percentages to have a larger black workforce for technical jobs.