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by nassimslab 2129 days ago
Is IQ really legit? I heard form Nassim Nicholas Taleb that the math used by psychologist is weak.
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wesleywt 2129 days ago
It's not. It was originally used to find profoundly disabled children. But know extended to be the be all and end all of intelligence. It's weak science.
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anthonypasq 2128 days ago
its legit in the sense that is a huge variable in predicting general life success/educational attainment.

if you think those outcomes are decent proxies for intelligence then IQ is useful

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