My challenge to folks who are skeptical about IQ tests such as the Stanford-Binet or WAIS-R: Develop your own measure of general cognitive ability and show that it has higher reliability & validity in predicting real-world success. I'll wait.
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Replying to @primalpoly
Define real world success, I doubt we agree on that.
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Replying to @ConstantNot
Pick any metric you want that reasonable people would consider related to 'success'.
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Replying to @primalpoly
One of smartest friends is a
walker. Is he successful? Is reasonable of you to try to make that determination w/out more information? Another is a puppeteer who eschews
& dumpster dives for food. They are both successful in my estimation & + importantly, their own.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ConstantNot
The question isn't whether there are smart dog-walkers. Of course there are. The question is this case would be whether IQ predicts how good a dog-walker is, across a large sample of dog-walkers, by whatever metrics of success are relevant in dog-walking?
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All else equal the higher IQ person will be a better dog walker *but* all else isn't going to be equal because the biggest variables with controlling dogs are non-IQ personality traits A high IQ person who knows he's bad with dogs will be smart enough to not be a dog walker
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