Use Serology to Test IQ‑Gap Claims

National survey serology (e.g., NHANES HSV‑1 antibodies) plus standardized cognitive tests create a straightforward, falsifiable test for claims that infectious diseases drive group IQ or achievement gaps. By estimating infection prevalence, infection–effect sizes, and the infection×race interaction one can quantify whether a pathogen could plausibly account for observed group differences. — This method offers a rapid, transparent way to adjudicate provocative biological explanations for racial disparities, reducing speculation and politicized narratives by pointing to concrete data and effect‑size math.