The fear of H.H. Goddard (who started using this scale) was that morons could look totally normal, but actually were feeble-minded.pic.twitter.com/I3WqdSZkaI
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FWIW, the old technical definition of a "moron" was someone with an IQ of 51-70, and who struggled with "work requiring reason and judgment"pic.twitter.com/guECVLG9oW
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He recommended putting them institutions like his Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys in Vineland, NJ. Keep them occupied.pic.twitter.com/1j6ytdEjJV
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Always nice when my history classes are topical, I guess. I am teaching on history of eugenics this semester. We covered "morons" last week.
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Is it just me, or does it feel like "medium imbecile" is somehow the worst option there? Like you're not even excelling at imbecility.
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Whose definition was it?
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Henry H. Goddard. Author of the Kallikak Family, 1st translator of the Binet-Simon IQ test into English. Eugenicist. https://archive.org/details/kallikakfamilyst00godduoft …
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In Congress.
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you realise this is tomorrow’s PDB?
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Them drawings.
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Struggles with " work requiring reason and judgement" That. Is. Trump. As. POTUS.
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Being feeble-minded appears to be very tiring.
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Ironically, I'd put good money on any random manual worker being far more intelligent than Trump or May.
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Looks like this was written for capitalists.
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Jobs like Foreign Secretary?
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Hitler got real interested in this stuff,imho half of the this country falls on the low side of the bell curve.
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