Peter Todd on nostr

IQ is a pretty dodgy measure. I agree with your point all the same.

IQ correlates quite well to overall life success. Obviously, that correlation won't be as good if the tests become a target that people intensively practice for. But that's true of any measure.

IQ being unreliable is basically an anti-scientific meme the left has become enamored with because IQ tests show very clearly that we're not all equal.

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waxwing · 48w

They're not worthless but I guess it depends on what you're rmtrying to measure. Treating the result as a measure of innate ability that can't change is wrong I think. A lot of it is a function of how much time a person has been trained in certain kind of abstract reasoning, which for the majority ...

nostrich · 48w

IQ correlates to overall success - unless a high IQ individual is surrounded by short sighted, fiat/power motivated, morons in leadership. Overall success (long game) is still likely, however having to constantly dumb down intelligence to adapt to power constructs throttles and delays innovati...