Might I suggest that actually high IQ isn't an advantage and that society is biased towards the mean range to the detriment of outliers at either end of the spectrum
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Yes, that seems right!
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I'm not much motivated by "OMG, the system is so racist", (a) because that plays into partisan politics, (b) because its false. A lot of what snares poor people are cognitive traps. Shaniqua speeds, gets a $20 ticket, forgets to pay it, gets a court date, forgets to show...
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2/ And pretty soon there's an arrest warrant out for her bc she sped a bit, like everyone else, but she - unlike middle class people - is not competent at knowing the date, writing a check, being able to show up and tell a coherent story, etc.
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3/ "Maybe this isn't for them" ...so what's your alternative? Kill them? Sterilize them? I wish we didn't have a cognitive underclass, but we do, and we can't morally just say "eh, !@# them - lock them up every time they jaywalk and let them rot" https://twitter.com/JurisNaturalism/status/1034428197327327232 …
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Cohesive smaller communities and intact extended families help, IMO. People to look out for Joe-what-ain’t-the-brightest-bulb.
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yeah but repacking Pandora's box isn't so easy.
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We can't repack it on macro scale, at least not yet. We have to do it in small communities and try to survive the whatever-is-coming. Cause something is happening and we if we have intact social communities we'll do much better in the long run.
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Yeah, I really don’t think a true macro fix exists at this point. Pockets of sanity that will maybe eventually spread is the only route. Work on that.
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Really sad -- would be curious for examples?
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Income taxes, applications for various kinds of aid, medical history recreated from scratch at every Dr appt, executing a will, banking. I'm 33, this is what I've run into w my dad so far
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Ugh, I'm so sorry :(
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This isn't just Moloch as opposed to malicious collusion? I'm still unsure of the benefits to high-IQ people.
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I don't think it's about the benefit so much as not noticing the costs. It's like someone who's 6'5" building a kitchen and not realizing shelves at his eye level are too high for a lot of people
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There are some benefits -- not just that speeding tickets aren't enforced by getting dragged directly to court with spoiling food in your car or a boss on the phone, but also that these fees don't end up costing more to enforce than they gain.
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In DMV case, often about verification and identity. Most new licenses require spec papers, and are delivered by mail in a couple weeks; this reduces fraud, but is gonna /really/ suck when old ones start expiring and people forgot.
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That said, I doubt it's something that people planned out and coordinated, or even that the benefits are particularly strong motivation. It also may be partly trained skills, as much as IQ: just as memory palace helps significantly w/ recall, tools for dealing w/ bureaucracy.
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yeah i've often thought that in a just society, dominating people with intelligence would be as taboo as dominating people with physical strength is today
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But a well-functioning society cannot give equal “power” to someone with a 120 IQ as a person with an 80 IQ.
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Terminology needs to change. iq is toxic as a brand . Words matter. The worst of the alt-right have co-opted iq for all manners of horror. Need a new way to talk about it if you feel it's an elephant.
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Whatever word you choose to substitute for iq it will acquire the same odor. The concept itself is just very impolite.
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