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by mempko 806 days ago
I did answer it,

> Those pushing things like correlation to IQ have the same problem as IQ is a non-linear relationship. Are these ideas appropriate to other problems? Yes, correlation and statistical significance are useful tools when applied to the right problems. But they are not appropriate here.

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You're right, you did. I must not have linked that 2nd last sentence there to the question.