I agree a representative survey of EAs would be useful data. In its absence, this survey is (I believe) a reasonable proxy, showing the popularity of “race realism” beliefs among rationalists:
I’m not convinced that is a reasonable proxy. There seems to be a big difference between ‘believe that races differ genetically in socially relevant ways’ and ‘believe that there are population-level differences in average intelligence between ethnic groups’. The latter statement is much more specific.
For example, I would agree with the first statement on the grounds that certain genetic diseases are more prevalent in some ethnic groups than others (e.g. cystic fibrosis is higher in white people, sickle-cell disease is more prevalent in people of African and African-Caribbean origin), and this is socially relevant for how healthcare resources are used. This seems to be scientific consensus—and indeed I think I first learnt about these differences as a biology student, either in high school or university.
I agree a representative survey of EAs would be useful data. In its absence, this survey is (I believe) a reasonable proxy, showing the popularity of “race realism” beliefs among rationalists:
https://mobile.twitter.com/IneffectiveAlt4/status/1613821366318338049
I’m not convinced that is a reasonable proxy. There seems to be a big difference between ‘believe that races differ genetically in socially relevant ways’ and ‘believe that there are population-level differences in average intelligence between ethnic groups’. The latter statement is much more specific.
For example, I would agree with the first statement on the grounds that certain genetic diseases are more prevalent in some ethnic groups than others (e.g. cystic fibrosis is higher in white people, sickle-cell disease is more prevalent in people of African and African-Caribbean origin), and this is socially relevant for how healthcare resources are used. This seems to be scientific consensus—and indeed I think I first learnt about these differences as a biology student, either in high school or university.
The survey question wasn’t alluding to cystic fibrosis and it’s disingenuous to pretend otherwise! You and I both know this!
I’m not going to respond further, I don’t think this conversation is productive.