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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years ago

IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

Phil@awful.systems to

SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years 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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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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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.)

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