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by duckydude20 1527 days ago
how can we measure other species intelligence when we can't ours... we can't and we shouldn't, every test which states it measures intelligence is dysfunctional... Loved it... http://messybeast.com/intelligence.htm#:~:text=Humans%20ofte...
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One of the major problems is that we haven't broken down IQ into its actual basis. Working memory and reaction speed are two psychometrics highly correlated to IQ. But someone can easily be gifted in one but not the other. A conventional IQ test would not recognize this.