Inspired by http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4270

Let's say HOAs, ballots, employers, or another organizational division started requiring people grasp and affirm that evolution is real, and that different ethnic groups will develop statistically significant variations in mean intelligence. Most European descended groups will place above the global average. Some east Asian and Ashkenazi Jewish groups will score above. Black-European will score one deviation below and pure black groups usually 2 deviations.

I think the test would be wildly successful at first, as racism is the modern narrative for social conformity. Someone that is both aware and willing to publicly affirm a socially inconvenient truth is more likely to put collective well-being above their own pleasures. Absent in the blog post, I'm certain it's very common that people have some awareness of racial disparity in intelligence and trustworthiness, but is subject to cognitive dissonance for social acceptance.

Eventually Goodhart's Law will set in, that a metric ceases to be useful once participants are aware of the metric. The various types of conformists will adjust, and people will return prioritize submitting to whatever the new narrative is over rocking the boat.

I'm curious not just how long it takes, but what could be the next narrative to control and/or generated by the masses?