How did that become a rhetorical dodge? Also, references, mate All I see is people claiming that some dude is super racist and the best proof they have is, "hey, I guess so"
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Replying to @VierDrey @perdricof and
I actually don't care about whether you think my IQ makes me a better or worse person in some abstract metaphysical sense I care about whether you think it should be used to determine whether to allow me to hold positions of power and responsibility
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
OK, because I have no opinion on the matter Or, are you also imagining that part?
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Replying to @VierDrey @perdricof and
Okay, well, Scott clearly thinks whether high-IQ or low-IQ people are the ones doing important jobs is *very* important and has talked about this several times
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
You'll probably accuse me of eugenics as well now, but I'd prefer my GP not to believe in acupuncture and actually know something about medicine
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Replying to @VierDrey @arthur_affect and
A really interesting fact about IQ was that there was a survey given to Canadian Mensa Members (you can only get membership if you’re proven to score in the 98th or higher percentile of iq) and 44% of them believed in astrology and 56% in alien victors.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14952987_Dysrationalia_A_New_Specific_Learning_Disability …
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Replying to @Kajel96536401 @VierDrey and
There is extensive research showing that more educated people tend to have more extreme beliefs than the less educated, suggesting that education increases rationalization ability, rather than correctness, or else the beliefs would narrow towards the truth. 1/2
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Replying to @NotoriousAapje @Kajel96536401 and
Yet opinionated beliefs are not the same as the ability to perform a task. This is why it's important to have democracy to set the agenda, but give the jobs to those who are most capable of doing them.
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Replying to @NotoriousAapje @Kajel96536401 and
I do not believe that testing for the ability to perform a task without actually observing someone performing the task for real is a trivial task And I believe the idea that one can test *generally* for the ability to "perform tasks" (the g-factor) is false
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Kajel96536401 and
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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