I disagree that the race/IQ question is not a question that can help us do the most good. A lot of EA goals can be broadly described as trying to encourage development and modernization in the very poorest countries. Many of these countries are populated by black people. The fact that blacks have lower IQs and lower genetic potential for general intelligence are key factors determining which policies have the best chance of successfully helping these countries. If EAs craft a policy to help these countries which ignores these key factors that policy will fail and billions of dollars will be wasted. A lot is at stake here.
I disagree that the race/IQ question is not a question that can help us do the most good. A lot of EA goals can be broadly described as trying to encourage development and modernization in the very poorest countries. Many of these countries are populated by black people. The fact that blacks have lower IQs and lower genetic potential for general intelligence are key factors determining which policies have the best chance of successfully helping these countries. If EAs craft a policy to help these countries which ignores these key factors that policy will fail and billions of dollars will be wasted. A lot is at stake here.