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Entry: Forbidden Knowledge? Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/forbidden_knowledge#27414 Post contents: Your distinctions are sensible. There is a world of difference between (a) knowledge that is, in essence, the fruit of a terrible crime and (b) timely facts worthy of suppression as matters of the common good, such as matters of national security. But scientific and other insights about the human conditions should not be suppressed becasue they might lead to hurt feelings, as Dreher and Stegall suggest Individuals with low IQs don't need scientists to tell them about the challenges they face; life is something of an IQ test. Numerous reminders from wages to brushes with the law to deep boredom with school tell low IQ students (and their higher IQ teachers and peers) what is afoot. The great conceit of the "noble lie" promoters is that we won't know these things if somehow their academic study is effectively suppressed. This is highly unlikely. High IQ is rewarded economically. Intelligence is frequently praised as one of the top attractive qualities in a potential mate. Human beings everywhere have noticed, measured, and ranked one another on the basis of their intelligence. As Steve Sailer has noted, suppression of politically incorrect facts will lead merely to them being spoken about, perhaps only in hushed whispers, rather than being studied and *written* about in a rigorous way amenable to correction. It's not news that some people are smarter than others. It's not news that many negative traits go along with stupidity. The forceful denial of reality by educated elites, however, is proof that otherwise smart people can make themselves stupid by donning the blinders of ideology, in this case, the dominant liberal ideology of equality. Sent at: 2008 10 12