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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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Smart people talk about ideas or hobbies or whatever it is they’re focused on.

Dumb people talk about their IQ and how it means whatever half baked conclusions they decide to jump to.

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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

[Especially don’t debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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