iq is real, and important

IQ is real, and important:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2015/12/06/iq-matters-for-the-economy/#8c6d1c02045c

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/04/what_do_sat_and_iq_tests_measure_general_intelligence_predicts_school_and.html

meritocracy

I heard some guy on the radio this morning saying that tech companies need to have workforces that 'look like America.'  In other words, they need to institute skin-color quotas. I'm totally against this.  I want this country to be a meritocracy, in which people are given jobs on the basis of competence and nothing else.

I'm beginning to think that, in their heart of hearts, a lot of black 'leaders' believe that blacks will never be able to compete successfully against whites and Asians, which is why they need to be given everything, including jobs.

trump vs.hillary

Which of these two candidates would get us further toward First World America? I don't think it's the 'Make America Great Again' candidate.  We don't need a candidate who's as anti-science as Trump, at this late date still calling climate change a 'hoax' and a 'phony issue.' On the other hand, the thing that REALLY bothers me about Hillary is that she's so beholden to the black vote-- having piled up hundreds of delegates in southern primaries in states she doesn't have a prayer of winning in the fall-- that in office she would be nothing but a Quota Queen. More handouts and set-asides for black folks, which IMHO are the last things they need.  I think they need to start living in the real world with the rest of us for a change.

It's a dismal choice, but in the event I'll hold my nose and vote for Hillary.  Laws and executive orders can be repealed, but a ruined planet can't be.