I think that a lot of people try to disprove that IQ matters, either by saying it doesn't measure g or saying g doesn't actually have a qualitative difference. I think the actual counter-argument is "yes, g does exist, but being very good at learning is not a foolproof strategy."
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Replying to @AmbrosialArts
Countercounterargument: g seems to predict almost every other nice trait
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Replying to @eigenrobot @AmbrosialArts
Countercountercounterargument: what if good/adaptive traits tend to cluster and high g people are just more likely to also have other good traits? If so it'd be like saying height predicts intelligence or vice versa because malnutrition tends to stunt both.
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Replying to @hikikomorphism @AmbrosialArts
Yes! I've wondered about that a bit Have some ideas maybe but my head hurts and the hotel is kicking me out soon and I need to figure out how to get out of bed Will return tho
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going to try to do this every time someone mentions IQ going forward, thank you for this gift
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