tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post7098743521399291577..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Cross-national IQ, inequality, and homicideRon Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-65661789443080560612012-12-07T04:44:56.961-08:002012-12-07T04:44:56.961-08:00IQ and socioeconomic inequality (GINI index) are n...IQ and socioeconomic inequality (GINI index) are not the best predictors of national murder rates. The strongest correlate of murder at the national level is adolescent fertility. HIV rates also perform better than GINI. The explanation is mating competition theory, popular with evolutionary biologists. In a nutshell, poor socities that allow men to compete freely for women have more HIV, higher adolescent fertility, higher rape rates and higher homicide rates.<br /><br />See "Cultural Differences in a Globalizing World" (Emerald, 2011) by Michael MinkovAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-49352005405774548942012-07-07T22:42:47.510-07:002012-07-07T22:42:47.510-07:00Anonymous,
Your response is perfect, and I stand ...Anonymous,<br /><br />Your response is perfect, and I stand corrected.<br /><br />One thing I was thinking about at the time (and forgot to mention) is that low-status men might become more violent in order to increase their reproductive success.<br /><br />And here's why I think my idea went wrong: Men are pretty much typecast into their sociosexual stratum after puberty. At least, my experience shows there isn't a lot of mobility from class to class. I hear you can recreate your image and personality at college, but I've never seen it.Aeoli Perahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578422091389930117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-33717591567576779562012-07-04T13:53:57.586-07:002012-07-04T13:53:57.586-07:00Related: Low-status men are violent because they h...<i>Related: Low-status men are violent because they have less chance of having sex, much less reproducing.<br /></i><br /><br />Or violent men are low status because they are violent and being incarcerated reduces their lifetime fertility.<br /><br />I think Ron already posted average number of children that incarcerated men have. It was 2.3 or something close to that. It wasn't lower than other men. So, data suggests violent behavior doesn't reduce men's reproductive success. Women are not all that put off by violent guys. That is is a feminist myth. Women like masculine men, not wusses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-22634855044474782082012-07-04T10:10:48.219-07:002012-07-04T10:10:48.219-07:00These are conjectures, not statements. (I really n...These are conjectures, not statements. (I really need to work on my commenting etiquette.)Aeoli Perahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578422091389930117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-69803127064429556572012-07-04T10:09:43.968-07:002012-07-04T10:09:43.968-07:00Related: Low-status men are violent because they h...Related: Low-status men are violent because they have less chance of having sex, much less reproducing.Aeoli Perahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578422091389930117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-37127417378157084172012-07-04T10:06:48.459-07:002012-07-04T10:06:48.459-07:00"Since I mentioned inequality, any thoughts o..."Since I mentioned inequality, any thoughts on how to explain the correlation?"<br /><br />Female hypergamy? Men with children are less violent.<br /><br />Just an idea.Aeoli Perahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578422091389930117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-75128591672653981632012-07-04T02:50:00.543-07:002012-07-04T02:50:00.543-07:00Maybe Rindermann would be helpful to look at. Fro...Maybe Rindermann would be helpful to look at. From what I remember high inequality is just a function of how low the IQ of the bottom 5%. The 5th %ile in Norway is like IQ 85. People like that can function as unskilled workers and there are very few people that low in Norway. But in those countries where the bottom 5th %ile is like IQ 55, I mean, hell, even a cleaning lady is going to be miles ahead that. <br /><br />Average IQ, 50th %ile is not as useful as the bottom 5th %ile and the top or 95th %ile, because places like Mexico and the USA have huge IQ differences and high inequality. And some sub Saharan places have only a medium spread yet also have high inequality. But places with very few people at the bottom are more equal because the people themselves are more equal. Hey! the identity property!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-62004712673143441622012-07-03T14:00:39.713-07:002012-07-03T14:00:39.713-07:00I don't remember an explicit arrow in The Bell...I don't remember an explicit arrow in The Bell Curve because it's been a while, but it would be possible to check. In any longitudinal study, just look at a cohort's child/teen IQ and look at whether it was inversely related to violent crime which would presumably have occurred at a future survey.pzedhttp://undeadastronauts.comnoreply@blogger.com