You could probably make the same observations about people who can clap their hands faster

what observations

About economic success

we don't have the data on the relative hand clapping speed of black and white people

You could make the claim about people with green eyes

Or red hair

so this is irrelevant

Or one leg that's longer than the other

Yeah, your data is junk, is what I'm saying - it's statistical noise

how is it statistical noise

Or, at least, you can't necessarily show a causal connection

You can show a CORRELATION

i can't necessarily show a causal connection between what

Do I have to quote you back to yourself?

you can just specify what you're talking about

You're saying: people with lower IQs are less economically successful

You're saying: black people have lower IQs (in general)

You're saying: therefore being black leads to poverty

more or less

Those arguments don't follow

They're not connected in the way you think they are

I'm trying to show you how they can be correlated, and not part of a causal chain

yeah they can be

But they aren't

they are correlated

Correlated, yes

Not necessarily caused

not necessarily caused

but i believe that they are

That's your perspective. I don't think they are

Maybe show something more than just opinion then?

i think the causal link between iq and economic success is clear

It's absolutely not clear

iq measures abstract reasoning, a tool that is useful in many high paying professions

In order to prove causation, you have to show the direct link between being good at taking IQ tests to making more money

show the direct link how

You have to show how being good at taking IQ tests somehow directly translates into making money

how

Are these people receiving money based on their IQ test performance?

you are just saying the same thing over and over again without elaborating on how one would show this

Yeah, because you can't. Economic success is so far downstream of taking an IQ test that you can't show that link