This is particularly striking because I’m pretty confident he himself believes some version of this hypothesis! So he’s basically calling himself a Nazi to defuse the discomfort of even raising a hypothesis this controversial (let alone endorsing it). This is objectively a very odd thing to do.
I think it’s quite plausible that he believes that half of the difference is genetic and thus he does not hold the position that most of the difference is genetic. I think he probably justified it to himself by saying that the claim “most” is more extreme than what he holds.
When it comes to the discourse around IQ the social norms seem to be strong enough that even Elon’s Grok says that there are no racial IQ differences.
I think it’s quite plausible that he believes that half of the difference is genetic and thus he does not hold the position that most of the difference is genetic. I think he probably justified it to himself by saying that the claim “most” is more extreme than what he holds.
When it comes to the discourse around IQ the social norms seem to be strong enough that even Elon’s Grok says that there are no racial IQ differences.