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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 10 Mar 2014

    Google's ballyhooed ignoring of test scores is misleading: all their applicants are smart. Un-PC but true: IQ mattershttp://goo.gl/LAfjzi 

    11:16 AM - 10 Mar 2014
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      1. Henrik Johansson‏ @dahankzter 10 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker it's funny how no one questions the benefits of strength in say wrestling...

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      1. Alan Foster‏ @alanvfoster 10 Mar 2014
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        Yup. @sapinker: Google's ignoring of test scores is misleading: all their applicants are smart. Un-PC: IQ matters http://goo.gl/LAfjzi ”

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      2. Tau-Mu Yi‏ @socalsysbio 10 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Do they cite one piece of data? No, just broad misleading generalizations.

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      2. Robin Debreuil‏ @debreuil 10 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Or is it specifically that IQ matters more for mentally intensive tasks, which is to say, not for most things?

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      3. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 10 Mar 2014
        Replying to @debreuil

        @debreuil @sapinker matters to some extent - hence military cut off otherwise too hard to train people. Summary here http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997whygmatters.pdf …

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      4. Robin Debreuil‏ @debreuil 10 Mar 2014
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        @Biorealism @sapinker "to what extent does being brighter typically enhance academic achievement or job performance?" Sure, but...

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      1. varm korv‏ @cheesefromgoat 15 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker of all the problems in science, IQ might be the one that lingers on. You are on the verge of losing my trust.

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      1. Peter Grant‏ @AtheistStoned 11 Mar 2014
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        So smart, in fact, that most standard tests become almost useless... @sapinker

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      1. Peter Monnerjahn‏ @PeterMonnerjahn 11 Mar 2014
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        Is there evidence that Google hiree range is *in fact* restricted? @CFChabris op-ed only says “it it were…” @SAPinker http://latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-chabris-google-intelligence-20140309,0,7897686.story#axzz2vUqV9KC3 …

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      1. Club Busted‏ @ClubBusted 10 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker the non college hiring is the interesting thing. College doesn't matter.

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      1. Greg Bruce‏ @gregjbruce 10 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Intelligence does matter for sure. Is it IQ though?

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      1. TomB‏ @Tbone3579 10 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker if there is a correlation between high IQ and earnings will this ghettoise the world? Eg all the clever people end up in London

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      1. Keith Williams‏ @bonsai 10 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Just like beauty, race, voice, class, and posture.

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