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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

Background : “IQ” is a stale test meant to measure mental capacity but in fact mostly measures extreme unintelligence (learning…

Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

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What books(ideally books pls) would you guys recommend to anyone caught up in IQ stuff? Especially for people outside the US? Ignore if wrong place to ask this, my bad there.
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  Stephen Jay Gould’s The Mismeasure of Man is always a good place to start.
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    Will find a copy, thank you!

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