Source seems a bit of a stretch: https://www.gwern.net/docs/history/1974-doyle.pdf … Just because Plato suggested some sort of testing for government officials for his _Republic_ doesn't mean Athens used it systematically. (That would also contradict sortition.)
Apparently, ancient Greece also used IQ tests for recruitment. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20933637_Psychological_Assessment_Versus_Psychological_Testing_Validation_From_Binet_to_the_School_Clinic_and_Courtroom …pic.twitter.com/mW0TDpblPD
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Does the riddle of the Sphinx count as an one-item measurement?
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Much better evidence, as noted, for aptitude tests in ancient China. Arguably many ancient governing systems maintained robust tests of one sort or another (Roman Republic required both administrative, electoral and military expertise) because price of failure was extinction. 1/
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When times are soft, and costs of ineptitude low, corruption expands. 2/
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That's why they are ancient and not super-modern like
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Define "testing for mental abilities"? What did that entail exactly?
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