I think in many ways this is simply a byproduct of how we test for intelligence. A brief history:https://twitter.com/TiredFairy/status/975972198434316288 …
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So basically, people think that IQ is directly related to maths/language etc because they've been told that their IQ score is reflective of 'intelligence'
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But unfortunately, IQ tests - even the good ones - aren't tests of 'intelligence', they're tests of how well you can do IQ tests
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Those two things - 'intelligence' and 'ability to do IQ tests' - are obviously related, but how much and in what way depends entirely on what you value
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We know, for example, that IQ tests are culturally determined. As an Australian, if I were to do a translated French IQ test I'd probably do terribly
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Which means that what people are valuing as 'intelligence' is almost always less about how clever someone is and more about an arbitrary test result
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