[geraldalewis]

> For most people, performance on one type of cognitive task (e.g. verbal reasoning) is highly correlated with performance on the other types of cognitive tasks.

It's cool that that's your understanding, but you're wading into territory that gets people sterilized and killed. I have a lot of trust in science, but not here. This video was informative for me: https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo

For example, here's an IQ test; let's say its given to 5,000,000 Canadians, and 3,000 Texans (1):

  * What is the capital city of Canada?
  * Which Canadian province is the largest by land area?
  * Who is considered the "Father of Medicare" in Canada?
  * Name the two official languages of Canada.
  * Which Canadian team won the Stanley Cup in 2017?
  * What is the national sport of Canada?
  * What is the name of Canada's national anthem?
  * Name the famous Canadian dish made with fries, cheese curds, and gravy.
  * Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
  * In which Canadian city is the CN Tower located?

I would expect a normal distribution for Canadians, but for the Texans to score in the bottom quintile (regardless of "general intelligence").

(1) I asked ChatGPT to come up with this test.

(edit: formatting)

[chongli]

This is why IQ tests switched to Raven’s progressive matrices [1] a long time ago. RPM avoids these issues of cultural bias.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven's_Progressive_Matrices?w...