Why Thomas Sowell is wrong about IQ
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Says Appalachian IQ starts off ok and declines faster with age relative to others maybe because they develop faster as an adaptation to hardship of that environment.
More likely it's the smarter you are the more likely you are to move away from West Virginia. Colloquially known as "brain drain".
On the other hand if you're smart and you move to WV you're the big fish. So there's some balance to it.