Nassim Taleb has been criticizing IQ tests lately. In this nice short blog, @JamesPsychol shows that everything Taleb claims is either incoherent, or factually wrong, or pointlessly ad hominem, or already addressed by psychometricians decades ago.http://www.unz.com/jthompson/swanning-about-fooled-by-algebra/ …
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"The best we have" is a poor and invalid excuse. Demanding a better measure in order to accept IQ's brokenness is not the scientific method. Doing pseudo-science much?
How would you select people for education or jobs? Random assignment?
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That's just "the best we have" in other words again. Honestly I don't care. I don't need to. Your problem. Just don't call something science or a measurement if it isn't. PS In my country both work mostly without IQ tests, I never took one including up to university.
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The Arbitur is considered a good test of intellect.
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Agreed can’t be random and best we have must be used at times but does that mean you cannot highlight the shortcomings of “the best we have” and be open to new beats? That’s what I gathered from Taleb. Academics focus so much on protecting their domain they miss out on innovation
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And I’m not saying academics aren’t open to innovating. But when non academics critique a flawed method why is the reaction always “look at this fool!” While also acknowledging he has some valid points. Then criticize the guy they blasted for blasting back with insults?
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How about based on their output?
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