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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 26 Dec 2017

    Is IQ a property of the brain? Seems obvious, but many intellectuals deny it. An interview on the neuroscience of intelligence with Richard Haier - Quillette http://quillette.com/2017/12/24/neuroscience-intelligence-interview-richard-haier/ … via @QuilletteM

    6:50 PM - 26 Dec 2017
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      2. BLACK CONSERVATIVE‏ @blackrepublican 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Mike_amanpene @QuilletteM

        BLACK CONSERVATIVE Retweeted BLACK CONSERVATIVE

        We shouldn’t deny scientific facts; but neither should we be indifferent to the racist conclusions some draw from those facts! Exhibit A 👉🏿https://twitter.com/blackrepublican/status/943309903132848128 …

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        BLACK CONSERVATIVE @blackrepublican
        Wow! White-Identity-Conservative Paul Nehlen is now questioning Montel Williams’s IQ — a favorite dog whistle tactic employed by #whitenationalist — he’s ‘bout to that tie off and FULL BLOWN Aryan Nation! What’s the Wisconsin GOP to do? How on earth did they allow this? https://twitter.com/pnehlen/status/943308078564462592 …
        2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. BLACK CONSERVATIVE‏ @blackrepublican 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @blackrepublican @sapinker and

        When scientist fail to take an interest in how their ideas/theories impact others negatively; they are in a way, complicit in the genocides that their ideas contribute to!

        2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
      4. Erin OB‏ @ErinOB1986 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @blackrepublican @sapinker and

        Seriously? Now every scientist has to think that what he/she studies needs to also think of feels. WTF

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. BLACK CONSERVATIVE‏ @blackrepublican 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ErinOB1986 @sapinker and

        Yes, yes; even scientist have moral obligations to the public that finances much of its research — especially research that interest a movement that used scientific arguments to slaughter six million Jews.

        3 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      6. BLACK CONSERVATIVE‏ @blackrepublican 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @blackrepublican @ErinOB1986 and

        Darwin was not a racist, but Herbert Spencer and Houston Stewart Chamberlain advanced a theory, that would later be embraced by Adolf Hitler — and that theory when applied to human beings, helped to send millions of Jews to their deaths! It’s why I love this image.pic.twitter.com/olSPWudPBy

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      7. Erin OB‏ @ErinOB1986 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @blackrepublican @sapinker and

        Do you know the History of Europe? During the 1st Crusade, the 1st casualties were a village of Jews.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      8. BLACK CONSERVATIVE‏ @blackrepublican 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ErinOB1986 @sapinker and

        I do. But, we’re not talking about that! Why deflect?

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      9. BLACK CONSERVATIVE‏ @blackrepublican 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @blackrepublican @ErinOB1986 and

        One will never fully grasp the #AltRight's obsession with [genes] until they get to know Houston Stewart Chamberlain and Herbert Spencer!pic.twitter.com/2CyMmTz3hs

        2 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Dovid Kanarfogel‏ @legofranak 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        From the interview: "One of the most robust, replicated findings in the entire field of psychology is that all tests of mental abilities are positively correlated with each other." I'm curious what 'mental abilities' means here. What are they and how are they measured?

        5 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      4. Peter Sigrist‏ @psigrist 26 Dec 2017

        Honest question: in the interview, Prof Haier also mentions intelligence is the single most important factor that predicts school success. Given school success is measured by tests of similar mental abilities, is this circular?

        4 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Matt Bury (MA ODE)‏ @matbury 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        That very intelligent people can do very dumb things is a wonderful example of how domain specific all knowledge and expertise is. Becoming an expert in any field is mostly down to circumstances, e.g. privilege and sociocultural values, and very hard work.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. dotted line‏ @The_Wavy_Lines 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @matbury @sapinker @QuilletteM

        IQ is not about being perfect or not making mistakes. You need IQ to gain expertise to begin with. Without sufficient intelligence capacity, there are some things that will forever elude you no matter how many years you spend trying to study them.

        4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Matt Bury (MA ODE)‏ @matbury 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @The_Wavy_Lines @sapinker @QuilletteM

        IQ tests aren't all that useful for investigating cognitive abilities and capacities:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/dec/16/tracy-packiam-alloway-working-memory …

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      1. Dave Collum‏ @DavidBCollum 27 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        To the extent intelligence evolved, it must have a genetic component-- a truism.

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      2. Deep Bro‏ @DeepBro2 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Considering the validity of the "IQ Test" has been repeatedly repudiated by the scientific community, I don't think there's actually a sure conclusion one can draw here.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. RaceRealist‏ @Race__Realist 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @DeepBro2 @sapinker @QuilletteM

        IQ tests have no validity.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557354/ …

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Perrie‏ @physicspolitics 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @QuilletteM

        "Lower intelligence is a limiting factor when it comes to education, employment, and economic success" 👌🙏

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Perrie‏ @physicspolitics 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @physicspolitics @sapinker and

        "But IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes. Access to all the opportunities imaginable will not be effectively used by individuals with low IQ through no fault of their own." 👌🙏

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Peter Kelly‏ @infoanrchy 26 Dec 2017
        Replying to @physicspolitics @sapinker and

        People with abnormally high IQs off the charts often have such narrow interests and poor social abilities that they are dysfunctional for most employment. Few are the workplaces which will tolerate eccentric nuttiness and increasingly so.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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