Yeah, if you are stuck in that mindset, except there is at least one more - people are not inferior or superior when considering their "race"
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You may not believe it, but the scientific evidence is extremely strong that the correlation between the g-factor and the ability to perform cognitive tasks is large. The problem that observing someone is often extremely costly and/or hard. 1/2
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When you demand the unreasonable, people usually start cheating (as a Stalinist, that should be familiar to you). We pretty consistently see that the alternative to general testing is influence peddling, benefiting the rich and powerful. 2/2
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Note that Scott Alexander is actually a big fan of testing by actual performance on a task.
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Cool, so we can just do that and shut up about IQ realism forever then?
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I went to a school that funneled young people into investment banking which were heavily using psychometrics at the time, you knew it was recruitment time when there would be 6 to 8 students around a computer trying to game the tests.
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Tests test one's ability to take tests. And, test materials represent what test makers decide represents 'intelligent thinking' in a specific area, particularly information they impart to each other & within their peer / social groups. It is basically logical circularity.
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