.@albertwenger on responses to @nntaleb's criticism of IQ:
"I have yet to see a response that at least attempts to address this problem of sample correlation under fat tails."
https://continuations.com/tagged/uncertainty-wednesday …
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Replying to @dpinsen @albertwenger and
So, a sample of high scoring 13 year olds who later go on to do exceptionally well in life is uninformative because.... fat tails? Need to understand why a total population is required in this instance.
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David Pinsen Retweeted David Pinsen
Taleb has claimed there's a circularity in the case of physicians, for example, because their entrance exams are have similarity to IQ tests. But if higher IQ and test scores correlate with better performance as a physician...https://twitter.com/dpinsen/status/1085359448300888065 …
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David Pinsen @dpinsenReplying to @nntalebSure, but it follows from intelligence research that physicians with lower scores (those who benefited from preferences) should have worse performance. Anecdotally, that seems plausible (e.g., Patrick Chavis's performance). It would be informative to see all the data.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
You mean like this? It's been a while since someone reviewed this literature with a critical eye to the harms of affirmative action, lowering of standards etc. One has to search a bit to find stuff. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16371633?dopt=Abstract …pic.twitter.com/YPxdiviqUR
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