aardvark
2yr ago
What are you talking about? Pz 3&4 were worse than T-34 and they were unable to penetrate armor of KV-1 heavy tanks, Germany started to use heavy tanks noticeably later and in small quantities because they were overengineered. The only thing better was radios, and that every tank was equipped with it rather than select ones (in Soviets).
Americans didn't need to put much effort in tanks because tanks weren't useful in terrain where they fought Japanese.
aardvark
2yr ago
Further, all war since the industrial revolution has been trending against the concept of numerical superiority.
Sorry, what? Mass production of guns is what enables mass armies, it's a lot faster to learn to use gun than sword or bow (which required life dedication to efficiently use).
Completely lopsided kill ratios existed well before Maxium gun. Historically horses chariots were a big game changer too. Battle of Otumba, etc.
The Russians had essentially limitless cannon fodder
that's both unkind and untrue. The Soviets had numerical advantage but not that much. 170 million USSR in 1939 vs 80 million Third Reich (and what if you count only ethnic Russians)? . Considering how much better was German war machine than Soviet (in part, because of Stalin cleansed nearly all military leadership and officers) it wasn't impossible target.
India has no shortage of high-IQ individuals
For country of 1.5 billion, they do have a shortage.
aardvark
2yr ago
Certain genetic changes can occur quickly, suppose you have many inbred groups, and due to something (easier transportation, cultural bans on incest) it can change in 1 generation. Some countries are still noticeably inbred.
To add to others said, reduced pathogen load compared to 100 years ago (due to vaccines and hygiene) also probably improved IQs too.
if we accept that the IQ numbers for Africa are the result of a culturally-unbiased assessment of intelligence
The most common estimate held in HBD is that black Africans IQ would improve by 10-15 points if living standards improved to that 1st world has.
a society of actually literally retarded people, which it is not.
In what sense?
They live lives, make social bonds, love, children, you don't need high intelligence for that.
aardvark
2yr ago
What Germany could do better for Russia? Germany sends tiny amounts of weapons to Ukraine. It's US weapons & intel which is a problem for Russia.
aardvark
2yr ago
Women are more likely to be conformist and vote for whoever has the power. In Russia, women are more likely to support Putin than men (at least it was so before 2022)
aardvark
2yr ago
The Germany is influential enough so they can buy a lot of gas from Russia which could translate into supplies for the war
aardvark
2yr ago
I think of Ann Coulter law analogy.
More time without any solid evidence presented, increases certainty that US or US-aligned actor did it.
aardvark
2yr ago
least until he feels ready to take on the West directly, which is not yet.
Could this ever happen in Putin's lifetime? Even considering how long Putin's parents lived long, still looks unreal.
aardvark
2yr ago
because Putin de-facto had all that already
Not quite. Also, the Dniepr-Crimea water canal was closed by Ukraine.
aardvark
2yr ago
Either they win, or they die as a nation.
Nitpick: many nations existed w/o a state (and we don't know Putin's goals) for century or two and didn't go extinct.
aardvark
2yr ago
For an individual, their genes are luck, but his/her parents did some selection by choice of mate, and it will be stronger in future when PGS becomes meainstream.
aardvark
2yr ago
Majority muslim Albania was the only country in Europe to come out of WW2 with a higher jewish population than before the war.
what about Spain and Portugal?
aardvark
2yr ago
He claims it's worse: Employers are looking for conformity, which by definition can't be signaled by something new and innovative.
I remember I read "completed higher education means you can do boring, useless stuff for 5 years without questioning it".
... well, you can make PGS for conformity...
aardvark
2yr ago
I told them I hate business speak (and this is a problem itself), but consultants didn't answer (no scripted answer for it)
In the end I got "tell us how we should help you". What?
No, I think it's general problem with medicine where feedback loop is slow and weak.
Medicine is one of oldest sciences around but a lot of its arsenal was quack interventions, for centuries.
aardvark
2yr ago
a west-slobbering Russian
sorry I'm not English native. Does "west-sloberring" here mean same as "west-sycophant" or some kind of bias toward west?
The cultural grip of 'the West' doesn't exist
I think you misread it, Ilforte wrote "grip ON the West".
aardvark
2yr ago
Of course it was because of early computers and no AI. You just need to run multiple simulated realities with market economy in them, and copy result from simulation to real world. They couldn't do in with 1 MHz CPUs. /jk
aardvark
2yr ago
If 70% of people want a product with feature A, and 22% want a product with feature B, then 100% of products will have feature A unless a company can figure out how to target the B market segment reliably. (Preferably both at once, of course.)
I'm very sure it's possible to be in 22%, companies to know about it and still don't get the product. I wish a smartphone without silly notches or punchholes, and without glass
aardvark
2yr ago
What /u/JarJarJedi username meants? I thought it was established he was a Sith Lord.
aardvark
2yr ago
You are comparing Biafra war (where Igbo pop was about five times smaller that rest of Nigeria) with Ru-Ua war where Ru population is four (on dated census, now probably closer to 5) times greater?
Nope, it doesn't.
Suppose (numbers random for sake of example)
QoL depends on phenotypic IQ & how good government is. Phenotypic IQ depends on genetic IQ and QOL.
PIQ = GIQ + QOL
QOL = 0.3 * PIQ + 0.7 * government quality
Yes government seems more important looking at coefficient, but ultimately government is function of genetic IQ too, just in more complex and indirect way.
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